MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.35,-94.06 Latitude: 33.35 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 86 33.9 21.1 47 12.7 24.6 206 9 306.8 309.8 297.7 354.7 15.93 1 1000 109 33.0 20.6 48 12.4 24.0 206 8 306.2 309.0 297.2 352.5 15.44 2 950 569 28.3 19.4 59 8.9 22.0 209 13 305.9 308.7 296.9 351.3 15.13 3 900 1046 23.7 18.5 73 5.2 20.0 212 13 305.9 308.7 296.8 351.0 15.05 4 850 1543 19.1 16.3 84 2.8 17.2 223 14 306.2 308.8 296.1 347.9 13.89 5 800 2062 15.8 11.1 73 4.7 12.8 264 21 308.0 310.0 294.2 339.6 10.42 6 750 2608 12.2 9.9 86 2.3 10.7 267 20 309.8 311.7 294.6 341.1 10.27 7 700 3184 8.8 7.4 91 1.4 7.9 275 28 312.2 314.0 294.6 340.9 9.30 8 650 3794 4.9 4.0 94 1.0 4.4 277 31 314.6 316.1 294.1 339.2 7.86 9 600 4443 1.5 -2.5 75 4.0 -0.6 279 31 317.8 318.9 293.0 334.9 5.32 10 550 5140 -2.3 -5.7 78 3.4 -4.0 288 34 321.3 322.2 293.3 336.1 4.54 11 500 5891 -6.2 -9.2 80 2.9 -7.5 298 36 325.5 326.2 293.9 338.2 3.83 12 450 6708 -11.5 -14.1 81 2.6 -12.5 295 34 328.7 329.3 293.9 338.5 2.85 13 400 7600 -17.4 -24.1 56 6.7 -19.3 302 31 332.3 332.6 293.6 337.2 1.36 14 350 8589 -22.9 -42.5 15 19.5 -25.8 310 27 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.26 15 300 9701 -31.1 -55.0 8 23.9 -33.0 312 27 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 16 250 10967 -41.3 -46.2 59 4.9 -41.8 310 17 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.6 0.24 17 200 12435 -54.3 -61.4 41 7.1 -54.5 309 18 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14235 -65.0 -76.9 18 11.9 -65.1 328 59 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16669 -70.4 -85.4 9 14.9 -70.5 329 18 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.32 m Freezing level: 580.64 mb = 4712.99 m = 15462.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.68 mb = 4366.76 m = 14326.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.24 C = 91.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.02 mb = 1695.23 m = 5561.72 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 15.09 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1849.45 m = 6067.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 40.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1420.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.53 mb = 1690.02 m = 5544.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.53 mb = 2056.49 m = 6746.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.53 mb = 13432.38 m = 44068.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1402.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 116.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 21.38 Bulk Shear: 66.43 m/s