MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.36,-98.59 Latitude: 36.36 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 967 431 25.2 17.6 62 7.7 19.9 77 6 301.3 303.7 294.3 340.1 13.18 2 950 582 22.1 16.5 71 5.5 18.4 77 7 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.3 12.55 3 900 1049 17.3 15.6 89 1.8 16.2 74 7 299.4 301.6 293.3 335.7 12.45 4 850 1535 13.9 12.0 89 1.8 12.7 72 7 300.7 302.6 292.1 331.4 10.45 5 800 2045 11.6 8.6 82 3.0 9.8 37 4 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.8 8.81 6 750 2589 15.1 -19.5 8 34.7 2.2 350 12 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.6 1.08 7 700 3168 11.5 0.5 47 11.0 5.4 340 18 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.1 5.67 8 650 3782 7.2 -2.5 50 9.6 2.1 335 23 317.1 318.0 292.4 332.8 4.91 9 600 4435 2.6 -4.5 60 7.1 -0.9 327 22 319.1 320.0 292.8 333.9 4.57 10 550 5133 -2.2 -9.3 58 7.1 -5.4 320 23 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.8 3.43 11 500 5883 -6.3 -25.3 21 19.0 -11.8 316 30 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.8 0.98 12 450 6699 -11.8 -17.8 61 6.0 -13.8 313 35 328.4 328.9 293.3 335.7 2.11 13 400 7589 -17.8 -21.2 74 3.5 -18.8 302 35 331.9 332.3 293.9 338.1 1.76 14 350 8576 -23.9 -27.4 73 3.5 -24.7 305 45 336.5 336.7 294.5 340.7 1.15 15 300 9684 -32.3 -35.7 71 3.5 -32.8 304 46 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.2 0.61 16 250 10941 -43.4 -47.2 66 3.8 -43.7 306 56 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.22 17 200 12404 -53.2 -67.2 17 14.0 -53.5 315 70 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14215 -61.6 -79.0 8 17.5 -61.7 329 66 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 321 22 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.75 m Freezing level: 572.91 mb = 4813.45 m = 15791.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.06 mb = 4233.12 m = 13888.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.00 mb = 1395.86 m = 4579.53 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 23.43 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1414.53 m = 4640.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 2.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.16 C Showalter Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 21.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.02 mb = 1336.86 m = 4385.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.02 mb = 1584.20 m = 5197.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 795.02 mb = 2097.33 m = 6880.92 ft B at Equ Level: 4.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 785.02 mb = 2204.03 m = 7230.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.8 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 2.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -3.9 tot: 14.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 54.58 m/s