MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.54,-98.47 Latitude: 34.54 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 149 SFC 977 353 18.7 17.0 90 1.7 17.6 20 10 293.8 296.1 291.6 329.7 12.57 2 950 588 16.5 16.1 97 0.4 16.3 24 17 293.9 296.1 291.4 328.8 12.21 3 900 1051 18.8 18.3 97 0.5 18.5 101 6 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.5 14.88 4 850 1542 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.8 275 2 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.3 14.27 5 800 2060 16.9 13.8 82 3.1 14.8 274 10 309.1 311.5 296.0 347.1 12.49 6 750 2609 13.6 10.5 82 3.1 11.6 306 13 311.3 313.3 295.3 344.1 10.69 7 700 3188 10.1 5.9 75 4.2 7.6 327 14 313.7 315.3 294.3 339.7 8.36 8 650 3800 6.1 0.5 67 5.6 3.1 322 12 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.3 6.12 9 600 4451 1.8 -4.9 61 6.6 -1.5 315 12 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.5 4.44 10 550 5147 -2.1 -11.6 48 9.4 -6.1 326 11 321.5 322.1 292.0 331.1 2.86 11 500 5899 -4.6 -36.5 6 31.9 -11.8 331 22 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.34 12 450 6720 -10.1 -26.5 25 16.4 -14.7 317 22 330.5 330.7 292.8 334.0 0.97 13 400 7616 -16.1 -26.4 41 10.3 -18.8 319 27 334.0 334.2 293.9 338.0 1.10 14 350 8606 -23.3 -37.4 26 14.1 -25.7 319 32 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.0 0.44 15 300 9716 -31.5 -49.7 15 18.3 -33.1 306 32 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.14 16 250 10977 -43.0 -50.8 42 7.8 -43.5 298 37 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.14 17 200 12437 -54.4 -59.6 52 5.2 -54.5 312 52 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.06 18 150 14242 -62.3 -79.8 8 17.5 -62.4 334 49 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16673 -70.8 -85.3 10 14.5 -70.8 333 26 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.28 m Freezing level: 577.50 mb = 4764.14 m = 15630.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.45 mb = 4230.76 m = 13880.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.44 mb = 566.51 m = 1858.62 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.32 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 968.22 mb = 425.95 m = 1397.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.74 C = 65.73 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 3.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4382.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.26 mb = 878.93 m = 2883.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 355.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -161.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: -6.3 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 27.26 m/s