MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.62,-98.50 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 976 384 19.6 19.0 96 0.6 19.2 103 5 294.8 297.4 293.3 335.8 14.30 2 950 615 18.4 17.2 93 1.2 17.6 123 13 295.8 298.2 292.7 333.5 13.09 3 900 1082 21.2 17.2 78 4.0 18.4 201 21 303.3 305.9 295.4 344.4 13.84 4 850 1576 17.9 15.2 84 2.7 16.1 232 20 304.9 307.3 295.1 343.5 12.91 5 800 2093 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.9 240 16 306.7 309.0 295.2 343.7 12.27 6 750 2638 12.2 8.2 77 4.0 9.7 255 15 309.8 311.6 293.8 337.9 9.17 7 700 3214 9.1 4.5 73 4.6 6.4 265 16 312.6 314.0 293.3 336.1 7.58 8 650 3824 5.3 1.8 78 3.5 3.4 284 15 314.9 316.2 293.3 336.1 6.74 9 600 4474 1.6 -0.5 86 2.1 0.4 297 11 317.9 319.1 293.7 337.5 6.15 10 550 5171 -2.4 -4.2 87 1.8 -3.3 326 8 321.2 322.2 293.8 337.8 5.10 11 500 5922 -6.6 -7.4 94 0.8 -7.0 310 8 325.0 325.9 294.2 339.6 4.39 12 450 6738 -11.4 -18.0 58 6.7 -13.6 306 16 329.0 329.4 293.3 336.1 2.05 13 400 7632 -16.6 -36.6 16 20.0 -20.4 295 22 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.42 14 350 8620 -23.8 -43.9 14 20.0 -26.5 288 18 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.22 15 300 9727 -32.3 -42.0 38 9.6 -33.5 267 16 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.1 0.32 16 250 10984 -43.0 -55.1 25 12.1 -43.6 289 24 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.09 17 200 12449 -53.0 -63.3 28 10.3 -53.2 311 32 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14260 -64.1 -82.9 6 18.8 -64.2 315 30 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16689 -70.6 -84.7 11 14.1 -70.7 333 17 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.07 m Freezing level: 580.39 mb = 4747.51 m = 15575.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.27 mb = 4551.24 m = 14931.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.52 mb = 457.66 m = 1501.50 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.58 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1999.80 m = 6560.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 0.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3744.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.05 mb = 1159.10 m = 3802.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 238.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 70.79 m/s