MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.44 Latitude: 34.60 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 171 SFC 978 367 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.6 94 6 295.1 297.7 293.6 336.9 14.59 2 950 613 18.6 17.4 92 1.3 17.8 114 14 296.1 298.5 292.9 334.2 13.24 3 900 1081 21.0 16.5 76 4.5 17.9 189 22 303.1 305.6 294.9 342.4 13.26 4 850 1575 17.8 16.3 91 1.5 16.8 212 23 304.8 307.3 295.7 346.0 13.83 5 800 2091 14.5 13.5 94 0.9 13.8 220 17 306.6 308.9 295.1 343.5 12.28 6 750 2636 11.8 9.8 87 2.0 10.5 247 14 309.4 311.3 294.4 340.5 10.19 7 700 3211 8.7 5.5 80 3.2 6.8 268 16 312.2 313.7 293.7 337.4 8.13 8 650 3821 5.2 2.8 84 2.4 3.8 289 16 314.8 316.2 293.7 337.5 7.21 9 600 4471 1.3 0.0 91 1.3 0.6 311 16 317.7 318.9 293.9 338.1 6.41 10 550 5166 -3.1 -4.7 89 1.6 -3.9 319 14 320.4 321.4 293.4 336.4 4.91 11 500 5917 -6.2 -10.6 71 4.4 -8.1 323 12 325.5 326.1 293.6 336.9 3.41 12 450 6734 -10.8 -20.6 44 9.9 -13.9 311 19 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.5 1.64 13 400 7630 -16.0 -38.3 13 22.3 -20.2 305 24 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.35 14 350 8620 -23.5 -40.1 20 16.6 -26.0 304 20 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.4 0.33 15 300 9728 -32.1 -42.2 36 10.1 -33.3 297 12 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.3 0.31 16 250 10985 -43.1 -48.5 55 5.4 -43.4 290 19 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.8 0.19 17 200 12448 -54.2 -59.0 55 4.8 -54.3 316 28 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.07 18 150 14254 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 320 26 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16684 -70.5 -84.6 11 14.1 -70.6 322 18 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.32 m Freezing level: 584.90 mb = 4681.03 m = 15357.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.24 mb = 4561.71 m = 14966.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.75 mb = 453.64 m = 1488.30 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.66 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.38 mb = 1992.11 m = 6535.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.79 mb = 1160.20 m = 3806.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.79 mb = 5067.92 m = 16626.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 536.79 mb = 5357.50 m = 17576.87 ft B at Equ Level: 31.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 476.79 mb = 6285.85 m = 20622.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.9 neg: -4.9 tot: 271.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 97.81 m/s