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: 34.67,-99.25 Latitude: 34.67 Longitude: -99.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 963 426 30.4 22.9 64 7.5 24.9 41 16 306.8 310.3 299.2 362.8 18.57 2 950 550 29.6 21.8 63 7.8 23.9 43 22 307.2 310.5 298.8 360.3 17.59 3 900 1031 25.6 20.3 73 5.2 21.8 55 23 307.9 311.0 298.5 359.0 16.92 4 850 1533 23.5 16.9 66 6.6 18.9 113 12 310.8 313.5 297.7 354.9 14.42 5 800 2060 19.2 14.1 72 5.2 15.7 159 9 311.6 314.0 296.8 350.6 12.71 6 750 2611 14.0 12.6 91 1.4 13.1 169 8 311.8 314.1 296.5 349.6 12.31 7 700 3191 10.3 8.6 89 1.7 9.2 259 9 313.9 315.8 295.6 345.1 10.07 8 650 3805 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.6 293 18 317.2 318.7 295.0 342.9 8.16 9 600 4460 3.0 0.4 83 2.6 1.6 313 21 319.6 320.9 294.5 340.8 6.59 10 550 5161 -0.8 -4.6 75 3.8 -2.7 312 21 323.1 324.0 294.1 339.2 4.94 11 500 5916 -4.8 -11.8 58 7.0 -7.8 295 22 327.1 327.8 293.7 337.6 3.10 12 450 6739 -9.4 -18.4 48 9.1 -12.6 296 24 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.4 1.98 13 400 7636 -16.5 -20.0 74 3.5 -17.6 294 33 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.5 1.96 14 350 8626 -22.5 -42.1 15 19.6 -25.5 306 31 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.27 15 300 9739 -31.5 -40.8 39 9.3 -32.7 311 35 341.0 341.1 294.9 342.4 0.36 16 250 11000 -41.7 -50.3 39 8.6 -42.2 312 43 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.8 0.15 17 200 12471 -53.4 -59.2 49 5.8 -53.6 306 50 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.07 18 150 14276 -63.0 -78.1 11 15.1 -63.1 310 43 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16711 -70.4 -84.9 10 14.6 -70.4 345 15 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.41 m Freezing level: 560.90 mb = 5007.93 m = 16430.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.53 mb = 4711.88 m = 15458.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.95 C = 94.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.38 mb = 1385.82 m = 4546.59 ft T: 24.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 25.22 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2165.00 m = 7102.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.39 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 43.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2458.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.12 mb = 1718.04 m = 5636.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.12 mb = 2418.47 m = 7934.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.12 mb = 13985.14 m = 45882.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2452.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.0 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 343.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.3 neg: -13.0 tot: 268.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.13 Bulk Rich Number: 23.29 Bulk Shear: 105.53 m/s