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: 34.60,-98.47 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 371 20.6 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 74 8 295.6 298.3 293.7 337.7 14.65 2 950 619 18.8 18.1 95 0.8 18.3 85 17 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.2 13.86 3 900 1088 19.9 17.7 87 2.2 18.4 134 13 302.0 304.7 295.3 344.3 14.31 4 850 1580 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 176 13 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.1 14.14 5 800 2097 15.3 13.8 91 1.5 14.3 229 9 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.3 12.51 6 750 2643 12.6 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 255 11 310.2 312.3 295.1 343.2 10.79 7 700 3220 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.3 277 17 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.0 8.40 8 650 3831 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.5 281 23 315.4 316.9 294.2 339.6 7.71 9 600 4482 1.6 0.9 95 0.8 1.2 302 25 318.0 319.3 294.2 339.7 6.80 10 550 5180 -2.1 -2.3 98 0.2 -2.2 317 22 321.6 322.7 294.4 340.6 5.87 11 500 5932 -6.4 -7.7 91 1.2 -7.0 306 17 325.2 326.0 294.1 339.4 4.29 12 450 6747 -10.2 -16.7 59 6.5 -12.6 297 19 330.4 330.9 293.9 338.4 2.30 13 400 7647 -15.6 -26.6 38 11.0 -18.5 303 24 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.09 14 350 8639 -23.0 -32.3 43 9.2 -24.9 301 24 337.7 337.8 294.4 340.4 0.73 15 300 9749 -31.9 -41.5 38 9.6 -33.0 312 26 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.8 0.34 16 250 11008 -43.0 -48.4 55 5.5 -43.3 323 27 342.2 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.19 17 200 12468 -53.7 -61.3 39 7.6 -53.9 320 31 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 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 16709 -70.0 -85.7 8 15.7 -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: 5755.60 m Freezing level: 578.15 mb = 4786.94 m = 15705.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.47 mb = 4719.88 m = 15484.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.33 mb = 516.98 m = 1696.09 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 7.12 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1838.45 m = 6031.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3201.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.25 mb = 1018.13 m = 3340.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.1 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 318.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.5 neg: -10.9 tot: 217.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 126.51 m/s