MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.44 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 975 358 18.4 15.3 82 3.1 16.4 14 11 293.7 295.7 290.5 325.8 11.25 2 950 577 16.0 14.7 92 1.2 15.2 16 17 293.4 295.4 290.3 325.2 11.15 3 900 1034 13.2 12.6 96 0.6 12.8 29 25 295.1 296.9 290.1 324.5 10.23 4 850 1525 19.9 8.2 47 11.7 12.7 1 13 306.9 308.5 292.1 331.4 8.05 5 800 2045 17.3 8.9 58 8.4 12.0 337 14 309.6 311.3 293.6 337.1 8.98 6 750 2595 15.4 4.7 49 10.6 9.0 319 22 313.3 314.6 293.2 335.7 7.18 7 700 3176 12.0 0.5 45 11.5 5.6 315 26 315.8 316.9 292.7 333.8 5.68 8 650 3792 7.9 -3.5 44 11.4 2.1 318 27 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.5 4.54 9 600 4446 3.3 -9.6 38 12.9 -2.4 322 27 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.08 10 550 5146 -0.3 -20.0 21 19.7 -7.1 325 29 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.7 1.42 11 500 5903 -3.0 -28.3 12 25.2 -10.3 311 24 329.3 329.5 292.3 332.1 0.74 12 450 6727 -9.2 -17.0 53 7.8 -12.1 324 26 331.7 332.1 294.2 339.5 2.24 13 400 7627 -15.6 -24.3 47 8.7 -18.1 315 33 334.7 335.0 294.2 339.5 1.34 14 350 8619 -23.2 -30.5 51 7.3 -24.8 309 33 337.5 337.7 294.5 340.7 0.86 15 300 9729 -31.9 -40.0 45 8.0 -33.0 310 33 340.4 340.4 294.8 341.9 0.39 16 250 10987 -42.3 -48.1 53 5.7 -42.8 300 39 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.20 17 200 12454 -54.1 -60.5 45 6.4 -54.2 304 45 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.06 18 150 14259 -63.2 -78.7 10 15.6 -63.3 327 52 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16681 -71.5 -84.2 13 12.7 -71.6 330 27 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.81 m Freezing level: 554.25 mb = 5086.95 m = 16689.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.05 mb = 4085.89 m = 13404.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.87 C = 91.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.58 mb = 751.86 m = 2466.71 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.40 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.10 mb = 3739.77 m = 12269.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.25 C = 108.05 F Cap Strength: 9.79 C Lifted Index: 10.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.43 C Showalter Index: 7.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 11.23 C K Index: 19.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8228.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.79 mb = 1046.01 m = 3431.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.1 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 359.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.5 neg: -14.8 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 41.38 m/s