MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 128 SFC 974 359 24.5 16.9 63 7.6 19.3 26 12 299.9 302.2 293.4 336.5 12.50 2 950 575 20.7 16.0 74 4.7 17.5 26 14 298.2 300.4 292.6 333.4 12.12 3 900 1039 16.0 15.0 94 0.9 15.4 26 14 298.0 300.2 292.5 332.9 12.04 4 850 1526 19.0 8.0 49 11.0 12.3 3 12 306.1 307.5 291.7 330.1 7.95 5 800 2046 17.9 0.4 31 17.5 8.3 346 14 310.2 311.1 290.4 325.5 4.91 6 750 2595 16.2 -2.8 27 19.1 6.3 333 18 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.4 4.13 7 700 3177 12.4 0.4 44 12.0 5.7 330 21 316.2 317.3 292.8 334.0 5.61 8 650 3794 8.3 -2.6 46 11.0 2.6 330 21 318.4 319.3 292.8 334.0 4.85 9 600 4450 4.2 -4.3 54 8.5 -0.2 328 22 320.9 321.9 293.3 336.0 4.62 10 550 5153 0.1 -12.6 38 12.6 -5.2 329 28 324.2 324.7 292.6 333.1 2.65 11 500 5908 -5.2 -10.0 69 4.8 -7.3 309 30 326.7 327.4 294.0 338.8 3.59 12 450 6729 -10.2 -17.0 57 6.8 -12.7 309 36 330.4 330.9 293.9 338.2 2.23 13 400 7625 -16.5 -24.4 50 7.9 -18.7 302 36 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.4 1.33 14 350 8614 -23.9 -31.1 51 7.3 -25.4 306 36 336.6 336.8 294.2 339.6 0.81 15 300 9720 -32.8 -40.6 46 7.8 -33.8 304 35 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.5 0.37 16 250 10977 -42.3 -47.0 60 4.6 -42.7 308 40 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12448 -52.2 -64.6 21 12.4 -52.5 310 48 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.03 18 150 14261 -63.1 -81.2 7 18.1 -63.2 318 47 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -70.8 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.8 341 22 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.10 m Freezing level: 549.21 mb = 5164.66 m = 16944.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.83 mb = 4411.51 m = 14473.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.16 mb = 1316.66 m = 4319.69 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.96 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.61 mb = 3484.85 m = 11433.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.77 C = 107.18 F Cap Strength: 7.92 C Lifted Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.92 C Showalter Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 13.19 C K Index: 20.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6154.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.13 mb = 1297.34 m = 4256.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 2.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 36.79 m/s