MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.56 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 972 387 24.1 17.7 68 6.4 19.7 41 11 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.3 13.23 2 950 584 20.6 17.0 80 3.6 18.1 41 12 298.1 300.4 293.2 335.6 12.90 3 900 1049 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 44 13 298.1 300.4 293.1 335.1 12.73 4 850 1536 17.0 14.8 87 2.2 15.5 353 9 304.0 306.3 294.7 341.4 12.56 5 800 2055 17.5 14.1 81 3.3 15.2 311 10 309.8 312.2 296.4 348.7 12.79 6 750 2604 14.0 11.2 83 2.8 12.1 294 12 311.8 313.9 295.8 346.2 11.22 7 700 3184 10.5 5.8 72 4.8 7.7 301 14 314.2 315.7 294.3 340.0 8.29 8 650 3797 7.0 -2.4 51 9.4 2.1 309 17 316.9 317.9 292.4 332.7 4.94 9 600 4450 2.2 -3.9 64 6.2 -0.9 317 18 318.7 319.6 292.8 334.1 4.76 10 550 5147 -1.9 -8.1 62 6.3 -4.7 314 18 321.8 322.6 292.9 334.3 3.77 11 500 5899 -6.0 -11.4 66 5.4 -8.3 319 25 325.7 326.3 293.4 336.4 3.19 12 450 6717 -11.2 -14.1 79 3.0 -12.3 315 32 329.2 329.8 294.1 339.0 2.85 13 400 7612 -16.4 -21.6 64 5.2 -18.0 313 34 333.7 334.0 294.3 339.7 1.70 14 350 8602 -23.5 -28.5 64 4.9 -24.6 311 38 337.0 337.2 294.6 340.9 1.05 15 300 9711 -32.0 -36.5 64 4.6 -32.7 297 40 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.4 0.56 16 250 10970 -42.8 -48.3 55 5.5 -43.2 303 46 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.19 17 200 12435 -52.9 -67.0 17 14.1 -53.2 317 49 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14243 -63.2 -78.0 12 14.8 -63.3 318 51 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16680 -70.4 -84.4 11 14.1 -70.4 341 22 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.60 m Freezing level: 572.98 mb = 4826.60 m = 15835.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.38 mb = 4256.66 m = 13965.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.42 mb = 1187.96 m = 3897.47 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.01 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.40 mb = 2792.40 m = 9161.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.85 C = 98.34 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: 2.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5081.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.21 mb = 1132.37 m = 3715.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.3 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 351.3 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -5.3 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 45.01 m/s