MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.41,-97.45 Latitude: 34.41 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 974 311 33.9 20.2 45 13.7 24.0 215 6 309.4 312.3 298.0 356.5 15.51 2 950 539 32.9 17.9 41 15.0 22.2 221 12 310.6 313.2 297.1 352.4 13.69 3 900 1023 28.2 16.8 50 11.4 20.2 226 14 310.6 313.2 297.0 351.9 13.51 4 850 1527 23.4 15.9 63 7.5 18.2 230 15 310.7 313.2 297.0 351.9 13.50 5 800 2053 18.4 14.6 79 3.8 15.8 235 16 310.7 313.2 296.8 350.9 13.15 6 750 2603 14.3 9.8 74 4.5 11.4 271 16 312.1 314.1 295.1 343.5 10.19 7 700 3183 10.5 8.1 85 2.4 9.0 296 17 314.1 316.0 295.4 344.3 9.74 8 650 3796 6.4 3.1 79 3.3 4.5 307 25 316.2 317.6 294.2 339.5 7.38 9 600 4449 3.3 -5.3 53 8.6 -0.9 318 25 320.0 320.8 292.8 334.0 4.31 10 550 5150 -0.4 -11.1 44 10.7 -5.0 317 24 323.6 324.2 292.7 333.5 2.97 11 500 5905 -4.8 -22.3 24 17.6 -10.4 323 23 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.7 1.28 12 450 6724 -9.8 -35.7 10 25.9 -15.5 326 26 330.9 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.40 13 400 7624 -14.7 -44.1 6 29.4 -19.6 324 34 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.6 0.19 14 350 8619 -22.6 -36.9 26 14.4 -25.1 319 38 338.3 338.4 294.3 340.1 0.46 15 300 9730 -32.2 -48.8 18 16.6 -33.7 326 45 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.6 0.15 16 250 10990 -42.1 -55.6 22 13.5 -42.8 324 49 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.08 17 200 12461 -52.6 -60.3 39 7.7 -52.8 312 52 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14270 -63.7 -77.9 13 14.2 -63.8 329 41 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16697 -70.7 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.8 326 20 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.63 m Freezing level: 555.71 mb = 5070.16 m = 16634.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.51 mb = 4334.11 m = 14219.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.49 % Est. max temperature: 35.26 C = 95.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.96 mb = 2053.27 m = 6736.36 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 8.39 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.80 mb = 2605.41 m = 8547.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.68 C = 98.03 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.16 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 41.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1204.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.63 mb = 2405.09 m = 7890.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.63 mb = 2915.49 m = 9565.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.63 mb = 13032.68 m = 42757.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1197.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 23.96 Bulk Shear: 50.28 m/s