MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.47 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 968 373 36.9 17.6 32 19.3 23.2 191 2 313.0 315.5 297.4 353.7 13.21 2 950 542 33.8 16.8 37 16.9 21.9 198 3 311.5 313.9 296.8 350.7 12.81 3 900 1028 28.9 15.5 44 13.4 19.6 207 3 311.3 313.6 296.4 349.2 12.37 4 850 1532 23.9 14.6 56 9.3 17.5 215 4 311.2 313.6 296.4 349.1 12.38 5 800 2058 18.8 13.7 72 5.2 15.3 224 4 311.2 313.6 296.4 349.2 12.39 6 750 2609 14.0 10.7 80 3.3 11.9 282 6 311.8 313.9 295.6 345.1 10.83 7 700 3187 9.2 8.5 96 0.7 8.8 288 9 312.7 314.6 295.2 343.7 10.04 8 650 3799 5.8 4.7 93 1.1 5.1 288 10 315.5 317.1 294.7 341.4 8.26 9 600 4451 2.6 -0.2 82 2.8 1.1 298 17 319.1 320.3 294.1 339.3 6.30 10 550 5151 -0.9 -3.8 81 2.9 -2.4 309 22 323.0 324.0 294.3 340.1 5.24 11 500 5906 -5.4 -9.5 73 4.1 -7.2 298 26 326.5 327.3 294.1 339.0 3.73 12 450 6725 -10.4 -27.3 24 16.8 -14.9 297 25 330.2 330.3 292.6 333.4 0.91 13 400 7622 -15.4 -54.6 2 39.3 -20.3 310 26 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 14 350 8616 -22.2 -41.7 15 19.5 -25.2 316 33 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.9 0.28 15 300 9728 -31.7 -43.8 29 12.1 -33.0 315 34 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.8 0.26 16 250 10988 -42.6 -47.2 61 4.6 -42.9 329 38 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.22 17 200 12457 -53.0 -62.4 31 9.5 -53.2 309 47 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14262 -64.1 -77.4 14 13.4 -64.1 320 36 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16693 -69.3 -84.6 9 15.2 -69.4 353 21 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.95 m Freezing level: 563.34 mb = 4964.29 m = 16286.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.72 mb = 4658.73 m = 15284.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.96 % Est. max temperature: 35.20 C = 95.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.81 mb = 2791.80 m = 9159.32 ft T: 12.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 9.91 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.96 mb = 2778.72 m = 9116.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.05 C = 96.88 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 43.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.23 mb = 2707.50 m = 8882.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.23 mb = 2878.80 m = 9444.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.23 mb = 12576.01 m = 41259.37 ft B at Equ Level: 909.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.23 mb = 15791.29 m = 51808.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 42.25 Bulk Shear: 21.55 m/s