MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.83,-95.71 Latitude: 34.83 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 987 231 27.5 23.3 78 4.1 24.4 36 5 301.7 305.1 298.0 356.5 18.57 2 950 572 24.6 21.5 83 3.0 22.3 21 3 302.1 305.3 297.3 353.1 17.25 3 900 1046 21.5 20.6 95 0.9 20.9 254 14 303.7 306.9 297.7 354.9 17.23 4 850 1541 19.9 14.7 72 5.1 16.4 298 29 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.7 12.51 5 800 2062 16.1 14.7 91 1.5 15.1 300 28 308.3 310.8 296.3 348.4 13.22 6 750 2609 13.2 12.9 98 0.2 13.0 291 25 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.5 12.61 7 700 3188 9.2 8.7 97 0.5 8.9 286 23 312.7 314.6 295.3 344.0 10.14 8 650 3798 4.8 2.0 82 2.8 3.3 284 25 314.4 315.8 293.3 335.9 6.84 9 600 4446 1.0 -7.9 52 8.9 -3.0 280 29 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.7 3.52 10 550 5141 -2.5 -10.7 53 8.2 -6.0 284 34 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.3 3.08 11 500 5891 -6.7 -7.6 93 0.9 -7.1 297 35 324.9 325.8 294.1 339.3 4.33 12 450 6710 -10.5 -11.7 91 1.2 -11.0 306 34 330.0 330.7 294.8 341.8 3.47 13 400 7606 -16.4 -22.1 62 5.6 -18.1 296 34 333.6 333.9 294.2 339.4 1.63 14 350 8596 -23.2 -32.5 42 9.3 -25.1 282 29 337.5 337.6 294.3 340.1 0.71 15 300 9706 -31.5 -57.3 6 25.8 -33.4 294 28 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.06 16 250 10968 -41.9 -56.4 19 14.6 -42.6 317 29 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.07 17 200 12439 -53.0 -69.2 12 16.2 -53.3 323 53 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14241 -64.2 -76.8 16 12.6 -64.3 327 50 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16675 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 339 32 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.87 m Freezing level: 586.18 mb = 4637.87 m = 15215.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.03 mb = 4127.91 m = 13542.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.37 % Est. max temperature: 33.06 C = 91.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.35 mb = 755.22 m = 2477.74 ft T: 23.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.81 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1545.29 m = 5069.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 40.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1847.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.58 mb = 1010.98 m = 3316.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.58 mb = 1970.51 m = 6464.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.58 mb = 13509.58 m = 44322.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1834.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.0 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 319.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.5 neg: -27.3 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 21.30 Bulk Shear: 86.72 m/s