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: 34.57,-94.81 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -94.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 972 347 26.4 23.9 86 2.5 24.6 58 5 302.0 305.6 298.7 360.0 19.60 2 950 552 25.0 22.9 88 2.1 23.5 73 8 302.6 306.1 298.4 358.5 18.87 3 900 1029 24.7 19.4 72 5.3 20.9 222 14 306.9 309.9 297.7 354.9 15.92 4 850 1528 20.5 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 242 21 307.6 310.3 297.0 351.4 14.52 5 800 2049 15.7 15.4 98 0.2 15.5 245 23 307.8 310.5 296.6 349.9 13.91 6 750 2595 12.5 11.0 91 1.4 11.6 275 30 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.0 11.09 7 700 3172 9.1 7.9 92 1.2 8.3 295 32 312.5 314.3 294.8 342.2 9.60 8 650 3783 5.7 4.0 89 1.7 4.7 304 37 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.2 7.87 9 600 4434 2.1 -0.6 82 2.7 0.6 318 34 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.0 6.11 10 550 5132 -1.9 -5.0 79 3.1 -3.4 322 37 321.9 322.8 293.7 337.6 4.81 11 500 5885 -6.2 -8.0 87 1.9 -7.0 329 37 325.5 326.3 294.1 339.4 4.17 12 450 6703 -10.8 -12.9 85 2.1 -11.6 326 30 329.7 330.3 294.4 340.5 3.16 13 400 7599 -16.5 -23.5 55 6.9 -18.5 317 31 333.5 333.8 294.0 338.7 1.44 14 350 8588 -23.4 -42.3 16 18.9 -26.1 311 36 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.3 0.26 15 300 9695 -32.8 -50.8 15 18.1 -34.3 308 40 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.12 16 250 10950 -43.2 -61.3 12 18.1 -43.9 311 43 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 17 200 12416 -52.3 -70.4 9 18.1 -52.7 311 56 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14225 -63.6 -78.2 12 14.6 -63.7 322 52 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16671 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 329 26 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.89 m Freezing level: 573.77 mb = 4800.43 m = 15749.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.40 mb = 4536.60 m = 14883.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.18 mb = 662.60 m = 2173.84 ft T: 24.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 22.44 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.94 mb = 1630.10 m = 5348.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.26 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 42.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2337.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.73 mb = 1287.36 m = 4223.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.73 mb = 1849.87 m = 6069.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.73 mb = 13485.47 m = 44243.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2336.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.5 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 331.5 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 464.1 neg: -11.5 tot: 452.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.09 Bulk Rich Number: 12.72 Bulk Shear: 183.70 m/s