MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.52,-95.59 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -95.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 981 263 29.4 24.8 76 4.6 25.9 32 7 304.2 308.0 299.7 365.2 20.42 2 950 547 27.1 23.2 79 3.9 24.2 46 9 304.7 308.2 299.1 362.0 19.17 3 900 1026 25.8 19.3 68 6.4 21.1 223 10 308.1 311.0 297.9 356.1 15.88 4 850 1528 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.7 239 18 309.1 311.8 297.5 353.9 14.76 5 800 2051 17.5 14.4 82 3.2 15.4 247 23 309.8 312.3 296.5 349.4 12.99 6 750 2600 13.7 10.3 80 3.3 11.5 276 25 311.4 313.4 295.3 343.9 10.58 7 700 3179 9.9 7.3 84 2.6 8.3 297 26 313.5 315.2 294.8 342.1 9.21 8 650 3791 6.1 3.8 85 2.3 4.8 303 31 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.3 7.76 9 600 4443 2.2 -1.6 76 3.7 0.2 321 28 318.7 319.8 293.6 336.9 5.70 10 550 5142 -1.8 -7.0 68 5.2 -4.2 326 32 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.5 4.12 11 500 5892 -6.4 -16.1 46 9.7 -10.0 329 28 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.7 2.17 12 450 6708 -11.8 -34.9 13 23.1 -16.7 320 29 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.44 13 400 7601 -15.8 -53.6 2 37.8 -20.5 310 33 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 14 350 8593 -22.8 -54.5 4 31.7 -26.1 308 38 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.07 15 300 9702 -32.2 -45.7 25 13.5 -33.6 313 45 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.21 16 250 10960 -42.8 -53.1 31 10.4 -43.3 318 53 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.11 17 200 12428 -52.3 -69.1 11 16.8 -52.6 314 62 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14238 -63.6 -77.9 13 14.3 -63.7 326 47 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16678 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 335 26 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.83 m Freezing level: 572.44 mb = 4828.04 m = 15839.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.78 mb = 4472.69 m = 14674.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.05 % Est. max temperature: 34.51 C = 94.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.83 mb = 852.37 m = 2796.47 ft T: 26.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 35.20 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1781.28 m = 5844.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.60 C = 94.28 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.17 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 42.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2832.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.84 mb = 1375.68 m = 4513.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.84 mb = 2052.81 m = 6734.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.84 mb = 14244.70 m = 46734.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2814.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 355.5 neg: -8.4 tot: 347.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.92 Bulk Rich Number: 25.83 Bulk Shear: 109.65 m/s