MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.41 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 977 355 19.2 17.4 89 1.8 18.0 31 6 294.3 296.6 292.0 331.1 12.88 2 950 593 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.7 45 10 294.7 297.0 291.7 330.1 12.35 3 900 1054 16.1 14.5 90 1.6 15.0 116 9 298.1 300.2 292.2 331.8 11.59 4 850 1539 13.0 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 107 10 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.0 11.01 5 800 2050 15.8 -0.6 33 16.4 7.2 8 10 308.0 308.8 289.4 322.1 4.57 6 750 2597 14.7 0.9 39 13.8 7.1 349 17 312.5 313.6 291.6 329.6 5.44 7 700 3175 9.9 6.9 82 2.9 8.0 342 16 313.4 315.1 294.6 341.3 8.98 8 650 3787 6.1 2.6 78 3.5 4.1 327 19 315.8 317.2 293.9 338.2 7.11 9 600 4439 1.5 0.1 91 1.4 0.8 318 23 317.9 319.1 293.9 338.4 6.46 10 550 5135 -3.1 -3.5 96 0.5 -3.3 317 19 320.5 321.5 293.8 337.8 5.36 11 500 5884 -6.4 -10.2 74 3.8 -8.0 322 17 325.2 325.9 293.6 337.1 3.53 12 450 6703 -10.3 -22.9 35 12.6 -14.1 317 25 330.3 330.6 293.1 335.1 1.35 13 400 7598 -16.8 -26.9 41 10.1 -19.4 324 33 333.2 333.4 293.6 337.0 1.06 14 350 8586 -24.3 -27.3 76 3.0 -24.9 316 34 336.1 336.3 294.4 340.3 1.17 15 300 9692 -32.5 -35.6 74 3.1 -33.0 298 43 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.61 16 250 10949 -42.5 -48.9 49 6.4 -42.9 293 50 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.7 0.18 17 200 12422 -52.5 -63.0 27 10.5 -52.8 313 38 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14235 -62.8 -78.6 10 15.9 -62.9 299 27 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16673 -70.9 -85.0 11 14.0 -71.0 348 18 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.25 m Freezing level: 583.52 mb = 4668.24 m = 15315.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.76 mb = 4562.85 m = 14969.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.02 mb = 583.32 m = 1913.74 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1285.68 m = 4218.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Cap Strength: 7.10 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.14 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.21 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6041.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.76 mb = 981.10 m = 3218.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 6.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -38.7 tot: -14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 35.06 m/s