MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 35.04,-98.05 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 SFC 979 374 18.0 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 71 7 292.9 295.2 291.6 329.7 12.94 2 950 635 16.0 15.9 100 0.0 16.0 90 17 293.4 295.5 291.0 327.7 12.06 3 900 1095 15.4 15.1 98 0.3 15.3 116 9 297.4 299.6 292.4 332.5 12.11 4 850 1581 14.9 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 129 2 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.5 12.49 5 800 2094 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.3 297 9 305.5 307.7 294.7 341.6 12.07 6 750 2637 11.2 11.0 99 0.2 11.1 304 18 308.8 310.9 294.9 342.4 11.09 7 700 3212 8.3 8.1 99 0.2 8.2 312 23 311.6 313.5 294.7 341.5 9.71 8 650 3821 4.9 4.7 99 0.2 4.7 319 23 314.5 316.0 294.4 340.2 8.25 9 600 4471 1.6 1.3 98 0.3 1.4 326 20 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.2 7.02 10 550 5168 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.8 304 18 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.1 5.58 11 500 5919 -6.7 -7.7 93 1.0 -7.2 276 16 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.1 4.30 12 450 6736 -11.5 -14.3 80 2.8 -12.6 282 14 328.8 329.3 293.9 338.4 2.82 13 400 7629 -16.9 -19.2 82 2.3 -17.6 272 14 333.0 333.5 294.4 340.4 2.10 14 350 8618 -23.5 -26.1 80 2.5 -24.2 317 23 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.8 1.30 15 300 9726 -32.4 -35.8 72 3.4 -33.0 260 21 339.6 339.8 294.8 341.9 0.60 16 250 10983 -43.3 -46.7 69 3.4 -43.5 287 31 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.23 17 200 12438 -56.1 -61.0 54 4.9 -56.2 308 42 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.05 18 150 14249 -61.7 -85.3 3 23.6 -61.9 294 31 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16680 -69.5 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 335 28 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.89 m Freezing level: 580.88 mb = 4738.05 m = 15544.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.10 mb = 4700.33 m = 15420.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.90 mb = 439.73 m = 1442.67 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.45 mb = 603.62 m = 1980.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.43 C = 65.17 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 4.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6120.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.36 mb = 858.23 m = 2815.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 340.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.2 neg: -14.7 tot: 139.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 98.19 m/s