MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.53 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 371 23.7 18.8 74 4.9 20.3 146 8 298.8 301.4 294.3 339.8 14.08 2 950 616 20.0 17.8 87 2.2 18.5 150 10 297.5 299.9 293.6 336.9 13.61 3 900 1085 21.1 18.8 87 2.3 19.5 211 19 303.3 306.1 296.4 348.8 15.33 4 850 1579 18.6 15.1 80 3.5 16.3 244 17 305.7 308.1 295.3 344.0 12.81 5 800 2097 15.6 11.8 78 3.8 13.1 237 14 307.8 309.8 294.5 340.8 10.93 6 750 2644 12.8 9.1 78 3.7 10.4 257 14 310.5 312.3 294.4 340.3 9.72 7 700 3220 9.2 4.7 74 4.5 6.6 266 14 312.7 314.1 293.4 336.5 7.68 8 650 3831 5.8 0.8 70 5.0 3.1 275 11 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.4 6.27 9 600 4482 1.9 -2.0 75 3.9 -0.1 250 9 318.3 319.4 293.3 336.0 5.52 10 550 5179 -2.2 -5.7 77 3.5 -3.8 249 7 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.4 4.56 11 500 5930 -7.1 -9.3 84 2.2 -8.0 258 8 324.4 325.2 293.6 337.0 3.80 12 450 6748 -10.7 -29.5 20 18.7 -15.4 296 19 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.74 13 400 7642 -16.7 -38.8 13 22.1 -20.7 293 24 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.33 14 350 8629 -24.1 -44.5 13 20.3 -26.8 277 20 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.21 15 300 9736 -32.5 -53.5 11 21.0 -34.1 285 23 339.6 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.09 16 250 10992 -42.9 -54.8 26 11.9 -43.5 297 23 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.09 17 200 12457 -52.9 -65.7 20 12.8 -53.1 310 30 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14265 -64.3 -80.6 9 16.3 -64.4 318 31 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16691 -70.8 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.9 341 20 390.9 390.9 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.65 m Freezing level: 576.56 mb = 4808.80 m = 15776.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.54 mb = 4461.26 m = 14636.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.54 mb = 993.40 m = 3259.15 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 2010.09 m = 6594.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.57 mb = 1175.91 m = 3857.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.57 mb = 4142.51 m = 13590.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.57 mb = 9838.34 m = 32277.62 ft B at Equ Level: 132.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.57 mb = 12276.92 m = 40278.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.9 neg: -7.0 tot: 119.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 4.30 Bulk Shear: 30.91 m/s