MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.53 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 971 371 23.3 18.2 73 5.2 19.8 26 16 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.8 13.64 2 950 559 21.5 17.7 79 3.8 18.9 27 24 299.0 301.4 293.9 338.4 13.52 3 900 1025 19.2 16.5 84 2.7 17.3 29 25 301.3 303.7 294.3 340.1 13.19 4 850 1523 22.1 17.1 74 4.9 18.6 4 3 309.3 312.0 297.4 353.7 14.63 5 800 2050 20.2 14.6 70 5.6 16.4 272 11 312.7 315.2 297.4 353.3 13.19 6 750 2604 15.9 12.2 79 3.7 13.4 272 18 313.8 316.1 296.8 350.9 11.97 7 700 3187 11.8 7.2 74 4.5 8.9 288 22 315.5 317.3 295.3 344.1 9.16 8 650 3802 7.8 1.5 65 6.2 4.2 309 23 317.7 319.0 294.0 338.7 6.58 9 600 4458 3.9 -5.8 49 9.7 -0.8 328 20 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.2 4.14 10 550 5158 -0.9 -14.4 35 13.5 -6.2 320 17 323.0 323.5 291.9 330.7 2.28 11 500 5915 -2.8 -46.0 2 43.2 -11.2 314 21 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.12 12 450 6740 -8.1 -42.8 4 34.7 -14.7 330 28 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 13 400 7643 -14.5 -32.8 20 18.3 -18.7 325 31 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.4 0.61 14 350 8638 -22.5 -39.4 20 16.8 -25.2 311 26 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.8 0.36 15 300 9749 -31.9 -43.8 30 11.9 -33.2 317 28 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.5 0.26 16 250 11009 -41.9 -49.5 44 7.6 -42.4 315 40 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.5 0.17 17 200 12480 -53.2 -60.4 41 7.2 -53.4 303 48 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.06 18 150 14282 -64.5 -75.0 22 10.5 -64.6 327 49 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16717 -70.0 -86.2 8 16.3 -70.1 335 12 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.33 m Freezing level: 559.15 mb = 5030.29 m = 16503.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.94 mb = 4350.46 m = 14272.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.42 % Est. max temperature: 35.47 C = 95.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.90 mb = 1026.23 m = 3366.85 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 23.60 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.26 mb = 2969.16 m = 9741.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.05 C = 102.30 F Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4069.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.17 mb = 1288.82 m = 4228.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.6 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 349.6 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 5.9 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.6 neg: -18.7 tot: 102.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 71.99 m/s