MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.62,-98.53 Latitude: 34.62 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 121 SFC 971 390 33.9 19.4 43 14.4 23.5 198 8 309.6 312.4 297.6 354.6 14.78 2 950 581 30.3 18.5 49 11.8 21.9 200 9 307.9 310.6 296.8 350.9 14.22 3 900 1061 25.4 17.5 61 8.0 19.8 203 9 307.7 310.4 296.7 350.2 14.08 4 850 1561 20.6 16.5 77 4.1 17.7 206 9 307.7 310.3 296.6 350.0 14.01 5 800 2082 16.8 8.3 57 8.5 11.6 239 11 309.1 310.7 293.2 335.4 8.62 6 750 2629 14.2 1.9 43 12.3 7.3 238 9 312.0 313.1 291.7 330.2 5.85 7 700 3207 9.6 6.8 82 2.9 7.9 234 12 313.1 314.8 294.5 340.7 8.87 8 650 3819 5.9 1.4 73 4.5 3.4 230 16 315.7 316.9 293.4 336.3 6.55 9 600 4471 2.5 -3.4 65 5.9 -0.5 238 21 319.0 320.0 293.1 335.1 4.98 10 550 5169 -1.4 -11.3 47 9.9 -5.6 255 21 322.4 323.0 292.3 332.2 2.92 11 500 5923 -4.3 -23.2 21 18.9 -10.3 263 21 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.9 1.18 12 450 6744 -10.0 -25.1 28 15.2 -14.3 273 26 330.7 330.9 293.0 334.7 1.10 13 400 7639 -16.9 -34.1 21 17.2 -20.4 273 30 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.1 0.54 14 350 8626 -24.3 -43.7 15 19.4 -26.8 269 26 336.1 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.23 15 300 9732 -32.0 -54.5 9 22.6 -33.7 268 27 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.08 16 250 10994 -41.9 -56.8 18 14.9 -42.6 283 30 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.07 17 200 12470 -51.8 -76.4 4 24.6 -52.2 321 34 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14277 -65.0 -78.6 14 13.6 -65.0 320 32 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16705 -70.9 -84.5 12 13.6 -71.0 335 18 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.77 m Freezing level: 567.91 mb = 4918.93 m = 16138.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.46 mb = 4383.43 m = 14381.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.32 mb = 2206.44 m = 7238.88 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 24.39 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2445.67 m = 8023.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 38.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1070.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.79 mb = 2083.87 m = 6836.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.79 mb = 2915.66 m = 9565.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.79 mb = 12635.93 m = 41455.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1060.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.79 mb = 15878.68 m = 52094.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 77.90 Bulk Shear: 13.74 m/s