MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.50 Latitude: 34.57 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 122 SFC 973 367 36.5 19.4 37 17.1 24.0 181 16 312.0 314.8 298.1 357.2 14.69 2 950 586 32.5 17.9 42 14.6 22.2 182 19 310.2 312.8 297.1 352.1 13.73 3 900 1070 27.7 17.2 53 10.5 20.3 183 20 310.1 312.7 297.1 352.2 13.83 4 850 1573 22.8 16.0 65 6.8 18.1 185 20 310.0 312.6 297.0 351.4 13.57 5 800 2099 22.5 -15.4 7 37.9 6.3 207 19 315.1 315.4 288.7 319.9 1.44 6 750 2654 17.5 3.2 38 14.3 9.2 193 17 315.6 316.9 293.3 335.9 6.43 7 700 3239 13.3 1.1 43 12.2 6.4 199 11 317.2 318.3 293.3 336.0 5.92 8 650 3857 8.3 3.9 74 4.4 5.7 303 9 318.4 319.9 295.1 343.2 7.83 9 600 4513 3.3 -1.2 73 4.5 0.8 320 17 319.9 321.0 294.0 338.7 5.85 10 550 5213 -1.4 -6.7 67 5.3 -3.9 339 21 322.4 323.3 293.4 336.3 4.20 11 500 5964 -7.3 -12.6 66 5.3 -9.4 352 24 324.1 324.7 292.7 333.9 2.90 12 450 6776 -13.0 -22.3 46 9.2 -15.7 356 22 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.8 1.43 13 400 7662 -18.9 -30.5 35 11.6 -21.4 345 22 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.2 0.76 14 350 8642 -26.4 -35.7 41 9.2 -27.9 339 20 333.1 333.3 293.1 335.1 0.52 15 300 9737 -34.7 -49.1 22 14.4 -35.9 340 24 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.15 16 250 10985 -44.3 -56.5 24 12.2 -44.9 342 38 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.07 17 200 12439 -55.4 -63.5 36 8.1 -55.5 341 39 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.04 18 150 14231 -65.4 -76.0 21 10.7 -65.4 326 25 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16680 -65.2 -85.6 4 20.5 -65.3 313 9 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.88 m Freezing level: 565.01 mb = 5002.57 m = 16412.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.15 mb = 4632.24 m = 15197.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.96 % Est. max temperature: 37.14 C = 98.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.70 mb = 2521.07 m = 8271.12 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 32.30 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.07 mb = 3225.62 m = 10582.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.54 C = 106.78 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2101.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.94 mb = 2428.51 m = 7967.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.94 mb = 3921.04 m = 12864.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.94 mb = 13639.66 m = 44749.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2092.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.1 neg: -38.6 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 29.91 Bulk Shear: 70.27 m/s