MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.04,-98.08 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 978 378 21.5 18.9 86 2.5 19.8 126 7 296.5 299.0 293.7 337.5 14.22 2 950 632 18.4 17.7 96 0.7 17.9 131 9 295.8 298.3 293.0 334.8 13.55 3 900 1096 18.2 15.0 82 3.2 16.1 178 15 300.3 302.5 293.2 335.5 12.03 4 850 1586 16.5 16.1 97 0.4 16.3 216 14 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.0 13.65 5 800 2101 13.6 12.7 94 0.9 13.0 244 15 305.6 307.8 294.4 340.4 11.59 6 750 2644 11.4 8.5 82 3.0 9.6 269 14 309.0 310.7 293.7 337.3 9.30 7 700 3219 8.5 5.3 80 3.2 6.6 293 17 311.9 313.5 293.5 336.8 8.02 8 650 3829 4.9 2.3 83 2.6 3.4 304 21 314.5 315.9 293.4 336.4 6.97 9 600 4478 1.3 -2.4 76 3.7 -0.6 305 16 317.6 318.7 293.0 334.8 5.36 10 550 5175 -1.9 -8.4 61 6.5 -4.8 277 15 321.9 322.6 292.8 334.1 3.70 11 500 5926 -6.8 -15.3 51 8.5 -9.9 278 15 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.7 2.33 12 450 6743 -11.1 -34.6 12 23.5 -16.2 290 24 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.45 13 400 7635 -17.3 -43.8 8 26.5 -21.4 283 26 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.20 14 350 8620 -24.4 -44.2 14 19.8 -26.9 280 25 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 15 300 9726 -32.2 -50.0 15 17.8 -33.8 284 21 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.6 0.13 16 250 10984 -42.8 -48.2 55 5.4 -43.2 307 23 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.19 17 200 12453 -52.1 -64.1 22 12.0 -52.4 300 36 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14271 -63.9 -84.4 4 20.5 -64.0 296 28 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16706 -69.1 -84.3 9 15.3 -69.1 340 18 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.07 m Freezing level: 579.43 mb = 4764.66 m = 15631.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.10 mb = 4382.38 m = 14377.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.98 mb = 695.23 m = 2280.89 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.99 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1890.03 m = 6200.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4909.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.93 mb = 1087.21 m = 3566.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.4 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 302.4 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 67.99 m/s