MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.50 Latitude: 34.57 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 110 SFC 971 367 24.4 20.1 77 4.3 21.3 191 8 300.0 302.8 295.6 345.1 15.42 2 950 560 26.0 18.5 63 7.5 20.7 211 23 303.6 306.2 295.7 345.8 14.22 3 900 1038 25.8 13.9 48 11.9 17.8 244 34 308.1 310.2 294.8 341.8 11.15 4 850 1538 21.6 15.3 67 6.3 17.3 236 27 308.8 311.3 296.2 348.2 12.97 5 800 2061 17.8 12.9 73 4.9 14.6 243 22 310.1 312.3 295.8 346.1 11.79 6 750 2611 13.9 10.1 78 3.7 11.4 241 17 311.6 313.6 295.2 343.7 10.43 7 700 3189 9.5 5.1 74 4.3 6.9 268 11 313.0 314.5 293.7 337.5 7.90 8 650 3800 7.1 -5.6 40 12.6 0.9 272 10 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.5 3.88 9 600 4453 3.2 -13.1 29 16.3 -3.5 258 13 319.8 320.3 291.0 327.6 2.33 10 550 5153 -0.8 -12.7 40 11.8 -5.7 268 18 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.9 2.62 11 500 5907 -4.8 -16.0 41 11.2 -9.1 282 21 327.2 327.6 293.0 334.7 2.19 12 450 6727 -10.4 -18.5 51 8.1 -13.2 288 24 330.2 330.6 293.6 337.1 1.97 13 400 7623 -16.2 -22.8 57 6.6 -18.1 297 23 333.9 334.2 294.1 339.4 1.53 14 350 8614 -24.3 -25.1 93 0.8 -24.5 314 20 335.9 336.2 294.6 341.1 1.42 15 300 9721 -31.6 -42.5 33 10.9 -32.9 319 30 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.0 0.30 16 250 10985 -41.1 -61.9 9 20.8 -42.0 330 41 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12461 -52.5 -67.2 15 14.7 -52.8 326 44 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14262 -64.6 -76.6 18 12.0 -64.7 314 35 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16688 -70.1 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.2 335 22 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.00 m Freezing level: 560.48 mb = 5006.02 m = 16423.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.78 mb = 3929.54 m = 12892.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.44 mb = 916.85 m = 3008.01 ft T: 25.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 20.59 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.65 mb = 2727.25 m = 8947.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.15 C = 97.06 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 235.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.11 mb = 1995.80 m = 6547.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 471.11 mb = 6370.50 m = 20900.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.11 mb = 9929.66 m = 32577.23 ft B at Equ Level: 109.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.11 mb = 11797.28 m = 38704.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.2 neg: -63.4 tot: 135.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 5.10 Bulk Shear: 22.04 m/s