MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.56 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 971 375 22.7 21.3 92 1.4 21.7 172 7 298.4 301.4 295.9 346.7 16.62 2 950 563 24.8 20.1 75 4.6 21.5 194 23 302.3 305.2 296.4 349.1 15.82 3 900 1039 24.3 17.6 66 6.7 19.6 228 34 306.6 309.2 296.4 349.2 14.19 4 850 1537 21.1 14.3 65 6.8 16.5 241 33 308.2 310.5 295.5 344.9 12.12 5 800 2060 17.0 14.6 86 2.4 15.3 248 22 309.3 311.7 296.4 349.2 13.14 6 750 2608 13.8 9.6 76 4.2 11.2 274 16 311.6 313.5 295.0 342.7 10.09 7 700 3187 10.0 6.7 80 3.3 8.0 312 14 313.6 315.2 294.6 341.0 8.84 8 650 3799 5.9 1.5 73 4.4 3.4 312 13 315.6 316.9 293.4 336.3 6.55 9 600 4452 3.5 -12.7 29 16.2 -3.2 293 13 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.40 10 550 5152 -0.6 -10.7 46 10.1 -5.0 275 19 323.4 324.0 292.7 333.7 3.07 11 500 5907 -5.0 -13.1 53 8.2 -8.3 273 24 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.4 2.78 12 450 6728 -10.2 -19.1 48 8.9 -13.2 278 27 330.4 330.8 293.6 337.0 1.87 13 400 7624 -16.1 -32.5 23 16.4 -19.7 285 23 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.4 0.62 14 350 8613 -22.9 -39.4 21 16.5 -25.5 325 22 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.3 0.36 15 300 9728 -30.6 -58.4 5 27.8 -32.6 329 27 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 16 250 10993 -41.5 -61.3 10 19.8 -42.4 338 43 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 17 200 12467 -52.2 -69.1 11 16.8 -52.6 328 47 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14273 -65.4 -76.8 19 11.5 -65.4 318 41 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16697 -70.4 -85.0 10 14.6 -70.5 329 16 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.85 m Freezing level: 557.08 mb = 5053.21 m = 16578.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.19 mb = 4129.63 m = 13548.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.76 % Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.20 mb = 551.83 m = 1810.45 ft T: 24.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.96 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2214.56 m = 7265.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.14 C = 93.46 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 37.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 540.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.96 mb = 1547.95 m = 5078.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.96 mb = 3139.98 m = 10301.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.96 mb = 12021.20 m = 39439.14 ft B at Equ Level: 535.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.96 mb = 14948.76 m = 49043.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.3 neg: -17.1 tot: 288.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.57 Bulk Shear: 63.09 m/s