MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.47 Latitude: 34.57 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 125 SFC 973 362 22.1 19.4 85 2.7 20.2 36 15 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.3 14.76 2 950 571 19.8 18.8 94 1.0 19.1 37 21 297.2 299.9 294.1 339.2 14.49 3 900 1038 22.3 18.6 80 3.7 19.7 78 17 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.7 15.18 4 850 1539 23.6 14.7 57 8.9 17.5 183 9 310.9 313.2 296.4 349.0 12.45 5 800 2065 19.1 13.3 69 5.7 15.2 207 11 311.5 313.8 296.3 348.6 12.11 6 750 2616 14.0 11.7 86 2.3 12.5 220 9 311.8 314.0 296.1 347.5 11.62 7 700 3196 10.8 7.3 79 3.4 8.6 310 12 314.4 316.2 295.1 343.2 9.23 8 650 3810 6.8 2.9 76 3.9 4.6 324 18 316.7 318.1 294.3 339.7 7.30 9 600 4463 2.4 -0.3 82 2.7 1.0 326 17 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.9 6.26 10 550 5161 -2.1 -4.6 83 2.5 -3.4 317 20 321.6 322.6 293.7 337.7 4.94 11 500 5914 -5.3 -8.1 81 2.8 -6.6 297 27 326.6 327.4 294.4 340.5 4.17 12 450 6734 -9.4 -21.5 37 12.1 -13.3 305 27 331.4 331.7 293.5 336.8 1.53 13 400 7635 -14.9 -41.0 9 26.1 -19.5 320 34 335.7 335.7 293.5 336.7 0.27 14 350 8629 -22.5 -33.7 35 11.2 -24.7 310 35 338.4 338.5 294.5 340.8 0.63 15 300 9739 -32.2 -44.4 29 12.3 -33.5 316 33 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.24 16 250 10997 -42.8 -58.5 16 15.7 -43.5 306 32 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 17 200 12464 -52.6 -60.3 39 7.7 -52.8 308 47 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14273 -63.1 -77.1 13 14.0 -63.2 321 31 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16707 -69.3 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 339 15 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.85 m Freezing level: 573.24 mb = 4836.40 m = 15867.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.96 mb = 4611.79 m = 15130.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.71 % Est. max temperature: 35.64 C = 96.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.28 mb = 696.40 m = 2284.75 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.03 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2446.49 m = 8026.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 40.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 324.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.53 mb = 1209.69 m = 3968.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.53 mb = 4227.94 m = 13871.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.53 mb = 6436.36 m = 21116.43 ft B at Equ Level: 97.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.53 mb = 12868.75 m = 42219.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.1 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 344.1 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.0 neg: -15.5 tot: 282.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 85.28 m/s