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: 36.10,-97.00 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 981 291 21.8 18.5 82 3.3 19.5 57 8 296.5 299.0 293.4 336.3 13.79 2 950 572 17.9 17.2 95 0.8 17.4 55 9 295.4 297.7 292.5 332.9 13.06 3 900 1035 18.8 16.5 87 2.3 17.2 67 13 300.8 303.3 294.3 339.7 13.23 4 850 1528 18.9 13.1 69 5.8 15.0 31 6 305.9 308.0 294.2 339.5 11.18 5 800 2048 16.6 13.8 84 2.8 14.7 295 10 308.8 311.2 295.9 346.7 12.50 6 750 2595 12.8 11.0 89 1.8 11.7 289 18 310.5 312.6 295.4 344.4 11.10 7 700 3173 9.5 6.9 84 2.5 7.9 292 21 313.0 314.7 294.5 340.9 8.99 8 650 3784 6.2 2.2 76 4.0 3.9 301 23 316.0 317.3 293.8 337.8 6.93 9 600 4437 2.6 -2.1 71 4.6 0.1 307 26 319.1 320.2 293.5 336.7 5.48 10 550 5135 -1.9 -7.6 65 5.7 -4.6 317 31 321.8 322.6 293.0 334.8 3.93 11 500 5886 -6.9 -11.0 72 4.2 -8.6 307 33 324.7 325.3 293.2 335.7 3.29 12 450 6702 -10.9 -20.9 44 9.9 -14.1 297 32 329.5 329.8 293.1 335.2 1.61 13 400 7596 -16.8 -38.3 14 21.6 -20.7 289 35 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.35 14 350 8586 -23.6 -55.7 4 32.2 -26.7 294 36 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 15 300 9691 -33.0 -50.8 15 17.8 -34.5 302 43 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.4 0.12 16 250 10946 -43.2 -54.6 28 11.4 -43.8 304 43 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.09 17 200 12416 -51.1 -80.0 2 29.0 -51.5 306 64 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.00 18 150 14230 -63.6 -77.9 13 14.3 -63.8 314 46 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16673 -69.1 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 336 27 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.10 m Freezing level: 571.20 mb = 4839.11 m = 15876.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.54 mb = 4456.30 m = 14620.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.68 mb = 701.76 m = 2302.32 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 11.97 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.87 mb = 2439.66 m = 8004.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4792.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.09 mb = 996.38 m = 3268.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.2 neg: -14.5 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 79.42 m/s