MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.65,-96.73 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 978 319 22.9 21.7 93 1.2 22.1 42 9 297.9 301.0 296.0 347.1 16.94 2 950 570 20.5 20.4 99 0.2 20.4 39 14 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.6 16.03 3 900 1039 20.9 16.7 77 4.2 18.1 357 9 303.1 305.5 295.0 342.9 13.44 4 850 1534 19.9 17.7 87 2.1 18.4 260 12 307.0 309.8 297.2 352.7 15.19 5 800 2055 16.9 11.2 69 5.7 13.2 259 17 309.2 311.2 294.6 341.2 10.52 6 750 2604 13.9 10.0 78 3.8 11.4 279 24 311.6 313.6 295.1 343.5 10.36 7 700 3182 9.6 7.4 86 2.1 8.2 300 26 313.1 314.8 294.8 341.8 9.29 8 650 3794 6.1 2.8 79 3.3 4.2 318 20 315.9 317.3 294.0 338.6 7.22 9 600 4446 2.3 -1.4 77 3.6 0.3 319 24 318.7 319.8 293.6 337.2 5.77 10 550 5143 -2.7 -5.4 81 2.7 -4.0 319 27 320.9 321.8 293.3 336.0 4.64 11 500 5893 -6.9 -8.3 90 1.4 -7.5 305 32 324.6 325.4 293.9 338.2 4.10 12 450 6709 -11.3 -16.8 63 5.6 -13.3 291 35 329.0 329.5 293.6 336.9 2.27 13 400 7604 -15.9 -55.0 2 39.1 -20.7 297 37 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 14 350 8597 -22.7 -49.7 7 27.0 -25.9 306 42 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.12 15 300 9706 -32.2 -44.7 28 12.5 -33.5 308 47 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.24 16 250 10963 -43.0 -52.4 35 9.3 -43.6 301 42 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.6 0.12 17 200 12425 -53.9 -66.8 19 12.9 -54.2 301 54 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14233 -63.9 -78.1 13 14.3 -64.0 306 40 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16676 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 325 24 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.86 m Freezing level: 577.25 mb = 4763.52 m = 15628.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.39 mb = 4494.56 m = 14745.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.69 mb = 464.02 m = 1522.36 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 11.47 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2151.30 m = 7057.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 42.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 287.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.88 mb = 1049.58 m = 3443.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.88 mb = 3744.96 m = 12286.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.88 mb = 11399.53 m = 37399.58 ft B at Equ Level: 286.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.88 mb = 13676.92 m = 44871.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.2 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 336.2 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.5 neg: -23.6 tot: 122.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 3.59 Bulk Shear: 79.96 m/s