MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.21,-95.77 Latitude: 34.21 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 992 171 29.5 25.5 79 4.0 26.5 46 7 303.3 307.2 299.9 366.4 21.16 2 950 559 28.7 20.7 62 8.0 22.9 71 3 306.3 309.3 297.8 355.5 16.39 3 900 1038 25.1 18.9 68 6.2 20.7 234 7 307.4 310.3 297.5 354.0 15.45 4 850 1538 20.8 17.6 82 3.2 18.5 249 9 307.9 310.8 297.4 353.5 15.07 5 800 2060 17.2 14.3 83 2.9 15.2 274 15 309.5 311.9 296.3 348.7 12.90 6 750 2609 13.4 10.0 80 3.5 11.2 280 19 311.2 313.1 295.0 342.9 10.33 7 700 3186 9.5 6.3 80 3.2 7.6 291 20 313.1 314.7 294.3 339.8 8.61 8 650 3798 5.6 4.0 89 1.7 4.6 310 23 315.3 316.8 294.3 340.0 7.86 9 600 4449 2.3 -1.4 77 3.7 0.3 321 23 318.7 319.9 293.6 337.2 5.75 10 550 5148 -1.5 -8.9 57 7.4 -4.8 332 29 322.3 323.0 292.8 334.0 3.54 11 500 5900 -5.7 -14.7 49 9.0 -9.2 317 31 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.4 2.44 12 450 6720 -10.0 -29.6 19 19.6 -15.0 305 34 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.3 0.73 13 400 7615 -16.8 -32.2 25 15.4 -20.1 314 41 333.2 333.3 293.2 335.6 0.64 14 350 8605 -22.3 -58.0 2 35.7 -25.7 302 38 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 15 300 9717 -31.6 -45.8 23 14.2 -33.1 314 43 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 16 250 10977 -42.8 -50.3 43 7.5 -43.3 320 52 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 17 200 12447 -52.5 -61.1 35 8.6 -52.8 310 56 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 18 150 14255 -64.2 -75.6 20 11.4 -64.3 318 41 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16689 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 335 24 392.8 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.81 m Freezing level: 570.01 mb = 4868.35 m = 15972.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.97 mb = 4490.02 m = 14730.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.59 % Est. max temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.19 mb = 679.44 m = 2229.12 ft T: 27.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 26.67 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.07 mb = 1784.01 m = 5852.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.83 C = 94.70 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 40.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2295.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.36 mb = 1462.71 m = 4798.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.36 mb = 2034.95 m = 6676.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.36 mb = 14156.70 m = 46445.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2270.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 337.1 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 38.41 Bulk Shear: 59.75 m/s