MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 145 SFC 975 377 35.9 19.2 38 16.6 23.8 169 15 311.3 314.0 297.8 355.8 14.54 2 950 608 31.9 18.2 44 13.8 22.1 170 17 309.6 312.2 297.1 351.9 13.93 3 900 1091 27.1 16.8 53 10.3 19.9 172 18 309.4 312.0 296.7 350.5 13.51 4 850 1593 22.3 15.6 66 6.6 17.7 173 18 309.5 312.0 296.5 349.7 13.24 5 800 2119 21.6 -4.4 17 25.9 8.2 184 12 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.2 3.45 6 750 2674 17.6 6.4 48 11.2 10.7 196 5 315.7 317.2 294.6 340.9 8.04 7 700 3258 12.5 5.4 62 7.2 8.2 98 2 316.4 317.9 294.7 341.7 8.05 8 650 3876 8.7 -1.5 49 10.2 3.2 352 9 318.8 319.8 293.3 335.7 5.27 9 600 4532 3.3 -1.3 72 4.6 0.8 342 15 319.9 321.1 294.0 338.6 5.79 10 550 5231 -2.0 -5.4 78 3.4 -3.7 359 16 321.7 322.6 293.6 336.9 4.66 11 500 5981 -7.4 -11.3 74 3.9 -9.0 352 16 324.0 324.7 293.0 334.8 3.23 12 450 6794 -12.6 -25.9 32 13.3 -16.2 338 24 327.4 327.6 292.0 331.1 1.03 13 400 7682 -18.2 -29.0 38 10.8 -20.7 341 24 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.87 14 350 8665 -25.3 -34.0 44 8.7 -26.8 332 26 334.7 334.8 293.6 337.0 0.62 15 300 9767 -33.3 -46.7 25 13.4 -34.6 331 28 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.19 16 250 11018 -44.1 -54.2 32 10.1 -44.6 322 27 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.10 17 200 12477 -54.5 -64.5 28 10.1 -54.7 308 26 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14268 -66.4 -72.7 40 6.4 -66.4 301 31 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16707 -65.9 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 274 6 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.36 m Freezing level: 568.88 mb = 4967.01 m = 16295.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.69 mb = 4657.42 m = 15280.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.04 % Est. max temperature: 36.35 C = 97.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.69 mb = 2473.08 m = 8113.67 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 30.63 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.30 mb = 3158.31 m = 10361.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.79 C = 105.43 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 38.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1711.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.40 mb = 2387.19 m = 7831.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.40 mb = 4126.59 m = 13538.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.40 mb = 13474.05 m = 44205.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1708.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -17.1 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 14.71 Bulk Shear: 116.38 m/s