MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.41 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 979 355 22.5 20.3 88 2.1 21.0 59 9 297.4 300.2 294.9 342.3 15.51 2 950 615 19.8 19.5 98 0.2 19.6 66 13 297.2 300.0 294.6 341.2 15.21 3 900 1081 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 122 5 300.8 303.4 294.9 342.5 14.22 4 850 1572 17.4 16.4 94 1.0 16.7 224 7 304.3 306.9 295.7 345.9 13.94 5 800 2090 15.4 13.8 90 1.6 14.3 257 7 307.6 309.9 295.6 345.3 12.48 6 750 2636 12.0 11.0 93 1.1 11.3 256 10 309.7 311.7 295.1 343.3 11.04 7 700 3212 9.1 7.3 89 1.8 8.0 269 14 312.5 314.3 294.6 341.0 9.20 8 650 3823 6.1 2.3 77 3.7 3.9 280 22 315.8 317.2 293.8 337.9 6.99 9 600 4474 1.0 0.6 97 0.5 0.8 277 26 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.5 6.66 10 550 5171 -2.0 -4.1 86 2.1 -3.0 297 24 321.8 322.8 294.0 338.6 5.16 11 500 5923 -6.1 -7.2 92 1.1 -6.7 311 23 325.6 326.4 294.4 340.3 4.45 12 450 6740 -10.8 -14.2 76 3.4 -12.2 298 19 329.6 330.2 294.1 339.3 2.82 13 400 7637 -15.9 -22.0 59 6.1 -17.7 298 21 334.3 334.7 294.4 340.2 1.64 14 350 8629 -23.4 -30.3 53 6.9 -24.8 304 25 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.5 0.88 15 300 9737 -32.0 -41.1 40 9.1 -33.1 293 26 340.3 340.3 294.7 341.6 0.35 16 250 10996 -42.6 -50.6 41 8.0 -43.2 302 29 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.15 17 200 12459 -54.5 -59.6 53 5.1 -54.6 306 38 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.06 18 150 14264 -63.8 -79.5 10 15.7 -63.9 329 36 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16699 -69.2 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 348 20 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.74 m Freezing level: 582.64 mb = 4715.90 m = 15471.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.74 mb = 4612.07 m = 15131.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.97 mb = 624.61 m = 2049.23 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 7.99 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1599.62 m = 5248.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 38.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.97 mb = 929.56 m = 3049.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.97 mb = 4194.66 m = 13761.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.97 mb = 6723.52 m = 22058.53 ft B at Equ Level: 57.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.97 mb = 9478.80 m = 31098.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.1 neg: -5.2 tot: 127.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 91.34 m/s