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: 35.26,-97.21 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 971 345 29.8 26.1 81 3.6 27.0 52 8 305.5 309.7 301.1 373.2 22.48 2 950 540 29.9 22.0 63 7.8 24.0 64 12 307.5 310.8 299.0 361.3 17.80 3 900 1021 26.8 19.0 62 7.8 21.2 264 3 309.1 312.1 298.0 356.4 15.55 4 850 1524 22.7 16.5 68 6.2 18.4 252 13 309.9 312.6 297.2 352.6 14.02 5 800 2048 17.6 15.3 87 2.2 16.0 251 14 309.9 312.5 297.1 352.0 13.84 6 750 2597 13.2 12.3 94 0.9 12.6 258 19 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.8 12.06 7 700 3176 10.3 8.1 86 2.2 8.9 285 30 313.9 315.7 295.3 344.0 9.71 8 650 3790 6.7 4.2 84 2.5 5.2 300 32 316.5 318.0 294.7 341.6 7.98 9 600 4443 3.1 -0.7 76 3.7 1.0 320 29 319.7 320.9 294.1 339.2 6.08 10 550 5144 -0.8 -6.9 63 6.2 -3.7 328 26 323.2 324.0 293.5 336.8 4.13 11 500 5898 -5.1 -19.2 32 14.0 -10.0 316 24 326.8 327.1 292.4 332.6 1.68 12 450 6717 -10.1 -30.8 17 20.7 -15.2 313 26 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.65 13 400 7615 -15.7 -46.6 5 31.0 -20.3 314 36 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 14 350 8606 -23.4 -43.9 13 20.5 -26.2 313 42 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.22 15 300 9713 -32.5 -41.2 42 8.7 -33.6 320 52 339.5 339.6 294.6 340.9 0.35 16 250 10970 -42.6 -58.0 17 15.3 -43.3 319 50 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.06 17 200 12444 -51.9 -59.3 41 7.4 -52.1 309 64 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.06 18 150 14258 -63.2 -79.1 10 15.9 -63.4 322 43 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.01 19 100 16693 -70.0 -86.3 7 16.3 -70.0 317 20 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.84 m Freezing level: 559.85 mb = 5006.29 m = 16424.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.16 mb = 4590.15 m = 15059.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.17 C = 93.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.73 mb = 808.91 m = 2653.88 ft T: 28.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 40.63 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.25 mb = 1938.24 m = 6358.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.75 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 42.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2611.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.30 mb = 1737.23 m = 5699.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.30 mb = 2109.15 m = 6919.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.30 mb = 14079.97 m = 46193.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2601.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.9 neg: -16.8 tot: 180.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 29.37 Bulk Shear: 88.94 m/s