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: 34.57,-98.44 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 979 358 20.7 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 74 9 295.6 298.2 293.7 337.7 14.64 2 950 619 19.0 18.0 94 1.0 18.4 86 18 296.4 298.9 293.4 336.3 13.82 3 900 1088 20.0 17.7 86 2.4 18.4 134 13 302.2 304.8 295.4 344.3 14.28 4 850 1580 17.1 16.5 96 0.6 16.7 176 13 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.9 14.06 5 800 2097 15.3 13.7 90 1.6 14.3 231 8 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.1 12.44 6 750 2643 12.5 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 257 10 310.1 312.2 295.1 343.1 10.80 7 700 3220 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.3 278 16 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.0 8.42 8 650 3831 5.7 3.7 86 2.1 4.5 281 22 315.5 316.9 294.2 339.6 7.69 9 600 4482 1.5 0.7 94 0.8 1.1 301 25 317.9 319.2 294.1 339.3 6.72 10 550 5180 -2.0 -2.2 98 0.2 -2.1 317 22 321.7 322.9 294.5 340.9 5.91 11 500 5932 -6.5 -7.4 93 0.9 -7.0 309 17 325.1 326.0 294.2 339.7 4.39 12 450 6747 -10.3 -16.4 61 6.2 -12.5 298 18 330.3 330.8 293.9 338.5 2.35 13 400 7647 -15.5 -26.7 38 11.2 -18.5 303 24 334.8 335.0 294.0 338.8 1.08 14 350 8639 -23.0 -32.2 43 9.2 -24.9 301 24 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 15 300 9749 -31.9 -41.3 39 9.5 -33.0 311 27 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.8 0.34 16 250 11008 -43.0 -48.5 54 5.6 -43.3 323 27 342.2 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.19 17 200 12469 -53.7 -61.3 39 7.6 -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 8 15.6 -70.1 345 17 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.22 m Freezing level: 578.36 mb = 4784.13 m = 15695.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4708.05 m = 15446.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.31 mb = 516.90 m = 1695.85 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1883.19 m = 6178.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.10 C = 87.97 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3264.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.68 mb = 1023.58 m = 3358.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 318.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.2 neg: -10.8 tot: 221.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 131.30 m/s