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: 36.46,-98.47 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 412 25.5 17.5 62 7.9 20.0 70 6 301.3 303.7 294.3 340.0 13.12 2 950 582 22.1 16.7 71 5.5 18.4 69 6 299.7 302.0 293.5 336.6 12.65 3 900 1049 17.5 15.6 89 1.9 16.2 68 7 299.5 301.8 293.3 335.9 12.46 4 850 1535 13.9 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 74 6 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.2 10.35 5 800 2045 11.4 8.5 82 2.9 9.7 43 4 303.3 304.9 291.6 329.4 8.74 6 750 2588 15.1 -20.3 7 35.4 2.1 352 11 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.4 1.02 7 700 3167 11.4 -3.8 34 15.3 3.7 341 17 315.1 315.9 291.2 328.3 4.11 8 650 3781 7.2 -4.6 43 11.8 1.3 335 22 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.5 4.18 9 600 4434 2.6 -5.3 56 7.9 -1.2 328 23 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.1 4.30 10 550 5132 -2.2 -10.0 55 7.7 -5.6 320 24 321.4 322.1 292.3 332.2 3.26 11 500 5881 -6.5 -31.6 12 25.1 -12.6 317 31 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.54 12 450 6697 -11.9 -17.4 64 5.5 -13.8 314 36 328.2 328.6 293.2 335.7 2.17 13 400 7587 -17.7 -20.9 76 3.2 -18.7 303 35 332.0 332.4 293.9 338.4 1.81 14 350 8574 -23.9 -28.0 68 4.2 -24.8 304 43 336.6 336.8 294.4 340.6 1.09 15 300 9682 -32.2 -35.3 74 3.1 -32.7 305 46 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.63 16 250 10938 -43.7 -47.4 67 3.7 -44.0 307 56 341.1 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.21 17 200 12400 -53.2 -68.8 13 15.6 -53.5 315 70 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14211 -61.3 -78.8 8 17.5 -61.5 329 65 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16670 -68.2 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.3 322 23 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.83 m Freezing level: 572.90 mb = 4812.11 m = 15787.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.03 mb = 4113.75 m = 13496.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.74 mb = 1408.48 m = 4620.96 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 23.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1410.86 m = 4628.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.53 C = 76.16 F Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.01 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 17.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.70 mb = 1340.19 m = 4396.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.70 mb = 1488.09 m = 4882.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.70 mb = 2100.74 m = 6892.11 ft B at Equ Level: 7.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 774.70 mb = 2315.43 m = 7596.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.9 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 2.9 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 48.68 m/s