MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.72,-96.52 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 984 258 28.3 22.9 73 5.4 24.3 216 12 302.8 306.2 298.0 356.6 18.13 2 950 569 24.3 21.3 83 3.1 22.1 225 20 301.9 305.0 297.1 352.0 16.97 3 900 1045 25.5 14.0 49 11.5 17.8 267 37 307.8 309.9 294.8 341.9 11.26 4 850 1545 21.7 14.9 65 6.8 17.0 270 28 308.9 311.2 296.0 347.1 12.60 5 800 2068 17.6 13.0 74 4.6 14.5 283 21 309.9 312.2 295.7 346.0 11.83 6 750 2617 13.7 9.3 75 4.3 10.9 303 19 311.4 313.3 294.7 341.8 9.88 7 700 3194 9.1 4.4 72 4.8 6.3 303 16 312.6 314.0 293.3 335.9 7.51 8 650 3804 5.8 -5.7 44 11.5 0.3 279 19 315.5 316.2 291.1 327.9 3.86 9 600 4454 2.0 -13.5 31 15.5 -4.3 273 22 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.9 2.25 10 550 5151 -2.8 -7.9 68 5.1 -5.1 278 24 320.7 321.5 292.6 333.3 3.84 11 500 5900 -6.2 -14.4 52 8.2 -9.4 277 27 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.0 2.51 12 450 6718 -10.7 -19.6 48 8.9 -13.7 281 28 329.8 330.1 293.3 336.0 1.79 13 400 7613 -16.3 -25.1 47 8.8 -18.7 283 23 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.4 1.25 14 350 8605 -22.7 -30.0 51 7.4 -24.3 268 16 338.2 338.4 294.7 341.6 0.90 15 300 9714 -32.1 -43.8 30 11.7 -33.4 314 26 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.26 16 250 10974 -41.7 -58.3 15 16.5 -42.5 334 40 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.06 17 200 12447 -53.3 -70.0 11 16.6 -53.7 328 57 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14246 -64.5 -77.5 15 12.9 -64.6 325 49 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16679 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.9 -69.4 337 31 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.52 m Freezing level: 579.46 mb = 4740.41 m = 15552.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.58 mb = 3847.30 m = 12622.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.65 C = 94.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.24 mb = 945.44 m = 3101.79 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.00 mb = 2294.13 m = 7526.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.03 mb = 1564.85 m = 5133.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.03 mb = 2923.32 m = 9590.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.03 mb = 12668.43 m = 41562.58 ft B at Equ Level: 812.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.03 mb = 15434.90 m = 50638.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.0 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 306.0 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.5 neg: -19.3 tot: 207.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 20.67 Bulk Shear: 39.89 m/s