MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 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 138 SFC 973 371 20.4 17.2 82 3.2 18.2 70 7 295.8 298.1 292.4 332.6 12.79 2 950 581 18.8 16.5 87 2.3 17.3 70 13 296.3 298.5 292.4 332.5 12.56 3 900 1043 16.0 15.0 94 1.0 15.4 72 17 298.0 300.2 292.5 332.9 12.02 4 850 1528 16.1 11.3 73 4.8 13.0 60 11 303.0 304.8 292.4 332.5 9.92 5 800 2047 18.1 -2.4 25 20.5 7.5 360 13 310.4 311.2 289.6 323.0 3.99 6 750 2597 16.6 0.4 33 16.2 7.6 341 19 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.2 5.26 7 700 3180 12.4 1.2 46 11.2 6.2 335 21 316.3 317.4 293.2 335.3 5.99 8 650 3796 7.7 1.6 65 6.2 4.2 325 22 317.7 319.0 294.0 338.8 6.61 9 600 4452 4.0 -3.2 59 7.2 0.3 328 23 320.7 321.7 293.6 337.0 5.03 10 550 5154 -0.2 -6.2 64 5.9 -3.1 331 29 323.8 324.7 293.9 338.3 4.39 11 500 5909 -5.7 -10.2 70 4.6 -7.7 323 29 326.1 326.8 293.8 337.9 3.52 12 450 6728 -10.5 -17.2 58 6.7 -12.9 311 33 330.0 330.4 293.7 337.6 2.20 13 400 7624 -16.4 -24.8 48 8.4 -18.7 305 39 333.7 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.28 14 350 8613 -23.8 -34.0 39 10.2 -25.7 302 41 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.9 0.62 15 300 9721 -32.0 -47.2 21 15.2 -33.5 304 40 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.18 16 250 10981 -41.6 -54.8 23 13.2 -42.3 311 47 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.09 17 200 12456 -52.1 -66.3 17 14.1 -52.4 313 41 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14267 -63.6 -76.6 15 13.1 -63.7 315 38 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16692 -71.7 -85.0 12 13.3 -71.8 342 24 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.51 m Freezing level: 552.85 mb = 5114.41 m = 16779.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.26 mb = 4502.31 m = 14771.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.92 mb = 772.56 m = 2534.63 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.08 mb = 3371.28 m = 11060.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.15 C = 106.07 F Cap Strength: 8.49 C Lifted Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.16 C Showalter Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.92 C K Index: 21.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6041.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.96 mb = 1081.26 m = 3547.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 10.3 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.8 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -34.7 tot: -6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 79.30 m/s