MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.38 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 SFC 980 351 20.2 19.2 94 1.1 19.5 81 7 295.1 297.7 293.4 336.4 14.40 2 950 616 19.1 17.6 91 1.5 18.1 105 17 296.5 299.0 293.2 335.3 13.43 3 900 1085 20.6 16.0 75 4.5 17.5 163 20 302.7 305.1 294.5 340.6 12.82 4 850 1577 17.7 15.6 87 2.1 16.3 191 14 304.7 307.1 295.3 344.1 13.21 5 800 2095 15.5 12.8 84 2.7 13.8 235 13 307.7 309.9 295.1 343.2 11.73 6 750 2641 12.6 10.0 84 2.6 10.9 245 13 310.2 312.2 294.7 341.8 10.32 7 700 3218 9.4 5.1 74 4.3 6.9 270 16 312.9 314.4 293.7 337.5 7.91 8 650 3829 5.5 3.1 85 2.4 4.1 284 18 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.3 7.37 9 600 4479 1.3 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 303 19 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.1 6.75 10 550 5175 -2.9 -3.6 95 0.7 -3.3 312 18 320.7 321.7 293.8 337.9 5.33 11 500 5925 -6.6 -9.4 80 2.8 -7.8 309 18 325.0 325.7 293.7 337.5 3.74 12 450 6743 -10.5 -17.3 57 6.8 -12.9 309 22 330.1 330.5 293.7 337.7 2.19 13 400 7640 -16.0 -32.6 23 16.6 -19.6 308 26 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.5 0.62 14 350 8631 -23.2 -36.8 28 13.6 -25.5 304 21 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.3 0.47 15 300 9740 -31.9 -44.7 27 12.8 -33.3 329 15 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.4 0.24 16 250 10998 -43.1 -49.2 51 6.1 -43.5 317 20 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.17 17 200 12459 -53.9 -62.5 34 8.5 -54.1 323 33 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14267 -63.1 -81.3 7 18.1 -63.3 327 29 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16699 -70.6 -84.6 11 14.1 -70.6 337 15 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.20 m Freezing level: 584.13 mb = 4699.65 m = 15418.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.13 mb = 4638.68 m = 15218.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.68 mb = 484.21 m = 1588.60 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.69 mb = 2312.33 m = 7586.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 0.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4238.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.69 mb = 1164.95 m = 3821.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.2 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 305.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 259.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 127.91 m/s