MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.91,-95.50 Latitude: 34.91 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 984 237 28.1 24.5 81 3.6 25.4 76 5 302.6 306.3 299.1 362.2 20.06 2 950 549 26.8 22.2 76 4.5 23.5 149 7 304.4 307.7 298.4 358.2 18.05 3 900 1026 23.5 20.4 83 3.0 21.3 214 18 305.7 308.9 298.1 356.8 17.03 4 850 1523 19.3 18.6 95 0.8 18.8 219 21 306.4 309.4 297.6 354.6 16.04 5 800 2043 15.8 15.3 97 0.4 15.5 240 28 308.0 310.5 296.6 349.8 13.84 6 750 2590 12.4 11.7 96 0.7 12.0 263 35 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.5 11.62 7 700 3167 9.3 8.8 97 0.5 9.0 273 36 312.8 314.7 295.4 344.4 10.22 8 650 3779 5.9 5.4 96 0.5 5.6 284 36 315.6 317.3 295.0 342.8 8.67 9 600 4431 2.2 1.9 97 0.4 2.0 291 39 318.7 320.1 294.8 342.0 7.32 10 550 5130 -1.8 -2.5 95 0.7 -2.2 301 41 321.9 323.1 294.5 340.7 5.79 11 500 5883 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 315 40 326.0 327.0 294.7 341.6 4.71 12 450 6704 -10.1 -11.9 87 1.7 -10.9 324 38 330.5 331.2 294.8 342.2 3.43 13 400 7602 -15.6 -17.7 84 2.1 -16.3 312 39 334.8 335.3 295.1 343.2 2.39 14 350 8597 -21.9 -24.7 78 2.8 -22.7 299 39 339.2 339.5 295.4 344.6 1.48 15 300 9714 -29.7 -32.8 74 3.1 -30.3 290 35 343.5 343.7 295.9 346.6 0.81 16 250 10987 -40.3 -44.0 67 3.8 -40.6 288 29 346.2 346.2 296.1 347.4 0.31 17 200 12462 -53.6 -58.6 54 5.0 -53.8 316 32 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.2 0.07 18 150 14255 -66.0 -77.3 19 11.3 -66.1 321 58 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -71.1 -86.6 8 15.5 -71.2 328 28 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.55 m Freezing level: 572.40 mb = 4816.95 m = 15803.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.15 mb = 4756.90 m = 15606.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.04 mb = 688.96 m = 2260.35 ft T: 25.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 21.42 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1368.73 m = 4490.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.42 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 43.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2399.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.76 mb = 1174.52 m = 3853.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.76 mb = 1525.71 m = 5005.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.76 mb = 14678.44 m = 48157.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2354.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.9 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 309.9 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 451.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.24 Bulk Rich Number: 13.30 Bulk Shear: 180.43 m/s