MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.50 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 975 367 25.0 17.2 62 7.9 19.6 69 8 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.7 12.74 2 950 594 22.0 16.4 71 5.5 18.2 70 9 299.5 301.7 293.3 335.8 12.45 3 900 1061 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.1 72 9 299.4 301.7 293.2 335.5 12.34 4 850 1547 13.9 11.6 86 2.3 12.4 105 10 300.7 302.5 291.9 330.5 10.14 5 800 2058 14.7 7.0 60 7.7 10.1 92 5 306.8 308.3 291.9 330.7 7.89 6 750 2601 12.5 4.0 56 8.6 7.6 335 8 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.2 6.80 7 700 3177 8.6 6.9 89 1.7 7.5 293 10 312.0 313.7 294.2 339.6 8.94 8 650 3787 4.7 3.6 92 1.2 4.1 282 13 314.3 315.8 293.9 338.2 7.62 9 600 4435 1.1 0.8 98 0.3 1.0 280 17 317.4 318.7 294.0 338.9 6.77 10 550 5133 -2.0 -2.2 98 0.2 -2.1 291 20 321.7 322.9 294.6 340.9 5.93 11 500 5885 -6.2 -6.6 97 0.4 -6.4 288 20 325.5 326.5 294.6 341.1 4.68 12 450 6704 -10.8 -11.7 93 0.9 -11.2 295 24 329.7 330.4 294.7 341.5 3.47 13 400 7599 -16.9 -22.5 62 5.6 -18.5 301 24 333.0 333.4 294.0 338.7 1.58 14 350 8587 -23.6 -28.8 62 5.2 -24.8 307 31 337.0 337.2 294.5 340.7 1.01 15 300 9696 -31.8 -41.3 38 9.5 -32.9 290 42 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.0 0.34 16 250 10957 -42.6 -47.5 59 4.8 -43.0 278 44 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.5 0.21 17 200 12422 -53.7 -64.7 25 11.1 -53.9 292 45 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.03 18 150 14237 -63.1 -80.5 8 17.4 -63.2 273 22 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16672 -70.5 -84.6 11 14.1 -70.5 308 12 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.40 m Freezing level: 582.02 mb = 4686.10 m = 15374.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.29 mb = 4648.03 m = 15249.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.06 mb = 1358.07 m = 4455.57 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 7.18 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1432.09 m = 4698.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.01 C Cross Totals Index: 17.75 C K Index: 29.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4998.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.00 mb = 1339.06 m = 4393.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.6 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 327.6 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -16.5 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 51.47 m/s