MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.54,-98.41 Latitude: 34.54 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 175 SFC 980 347 20.8 19.4 92 1.4 19.9 74 9 295.6 298.3 293.7 337.7 14.63 2 950 619 19.1 18.0 93 1.1 18.4 87 18 296.6 299.1 293.4 336.4 13.81 3 900 1088 20.2 17.6 85 2.6 18.4 135 14 302.3 305.0 295.4 344.4 14.25 4 850 1580 17.1 16.4 96 0.7 16.7 176 13 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.6 13.96 5 800 2097 15.4 13.6 89 1.7 14.2 233 8 307.5 309.8 295.5 344.9 12.36 6 750 2643 12.4 10.7 89 1.8 11.3 258 10 310.1 312.1 295.1 343.1 10.81 7 700 3220 9.4 6.1 80 3.3 7.4 279 16 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.1 8.45 8 650 3831 5.8 3.6 86 2.2 4.5 280 22 315.5 317.0 294.2 339.5 7.63 9 600 4482 1.4 0.5 94 0.9 0.9 300 25 317.8 319.1 294.0 338.9 6.64 10 550 5180 -1.9 -2.1 98 0.2 -2.0 316 23 321.8 323.0 294.6 341.1 5.96 11 500 5932 -6.5 -7.1 95 0.6 -6.8 311 18 325.1 326.0 294.3 340.0 4.49 12 450 6747 -10.4 -16.1 63 5.7 -12.5 298 17 330.2 330.6 294.0 338.5 2.41 13 400 7647 -15.5 -26.8 37 11.3 -18.4 303 24 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.8 1.07 14 350 8639 -23.0 -32.2 43 9.2 -24.8 302 24 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 15 300 9750 -31.9 -41.2 39 9.3 -33.0 310 27 340.5 340.6 294.8 341.8 0.35 16 250 11009 -43.0 -48.6 54 5.6 -43.3 323 27 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.19 17 200 12469 -53.7 -61.4 38 7.7 -53.9 319 32 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14275 -63.4 -79.9 9 16.5 -63.5 326 32 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16710 -70.0 -85.6 9 15.5 -70.1 345 17 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.82 m Freezing level: 578.70 mb = 4779.34 m = 15680.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.32 mb = 4694.50 m = 15401.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.91 mb = 520.16 m = 1706.55 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 6.57 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1907.77 m = 6259.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.49 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3320.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.84 mb = 1031.61 m = 3384.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.1 neg: -10.6 tot: 224.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 135.69 m/s