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: 34.65,-95.71 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 982 263 28.6 23.8 75 4.8 25.0 44 9 303.3 306.8 298.8 360.5 19.25 2 950 558 27.1 21.7 72 5.4 23.1 62 11 304.7 307.9 298.0 356.7 17.43 3 900 1036 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.6 276 6 307.1 310.0 297.5 354.0 15.55 4 850 1535 20.3 17.2 82 3.1 18.1 266 12 307.4 310.2 297.0 351.7 14.67 5 800 2056 15.9 15.4 97 0.4 15.6 260 16 308.0 310.7 296.7 350.2 13.93 6 750 2602 12.4 12.1 98 0.3 12.2 254 23 310.0 312.3 295.8 346.3 11.91 7 700 3179 8.7 7.9 95 0.7 8.2 258 28 312.1 313.9 294.7 341.8 9.63 8 650 3789 5.2 3.6 90 1.6 4.2 270 26 314.8 316.3 294.0 338.7 7.63 9 600 4439 1.9 -0.6 84 2.5 0.5 290 25 318.3 319.5 293.8 337.9 6.12 10 550 5137 -1.9 -3.8 87 1.9 -2.9 301 25 321.8 322.8 294.0 338.9 5.26 11 500 5890 -5.7 -6.4 95 0.7 -6.1 309 30 326.1 327.0 294.7 341.8 4.74 12 450 6710 -10.1 -13.1 78 3.1 -11.3 298 31 330.6 331.2 294.6 341.2 3.09 13 400 7608 -16.4 -23.4 55 7.0 -18.4 297 32 333.7 334.0 294.0 338.9 1.45 14 350 8597 -23.2 -40.3 19 17.2 -25.8 304 30 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.8 0.32 15 300 9707 -31.7 -54.3 9 22.5 -33.5 297 27 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 16 250 10969 -42.0 -55.1 23 13.0 -42.8 262 19 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.09 17 200 12434 -53.3 -68.2 15 14.9 -53.6 317 45 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14236 -64.9 -78.5 14 13.6 -65.0 321 49 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16673 -70.4 -85.1 10 14.7 -70.4 340 24 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.46 m Freezing level: 575.13 mb = 4786.45 m = 15703.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.95 mb = 4547.57 m = 14919.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.04 mb = 870.25 m = 2855.13 ft T: 25.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 22.65 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.13 mb = 1676.48 m = 5500.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.56 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 42.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2199.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.43 mb = 1418.54 m = 4653.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.43 mb = 1881.32 m = 6172.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.43 mb = 13972.75 m = 45841.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2189.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.6 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 312.6 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 5.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.6 neg: -12.3 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 21.24 Bulk Shear: 103.56 m/s