MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.71,-94.96 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 997 123 32.5 21.5 52 11.1 24.5 179 4 306.0 309.0 297.7 355.2 16.40 2 950 555 29.6 19.6 55 10.1 22.4 192 13 307.3 310.1 297.3 353.2 15.25 3 900 1035 25.0 18.5 68 6.4 20.4 194 14 307.2 310.0 297.2 352.7 15.10 4 850 1534 20.1 17.4 84 2.7 18.2 194 15 307.2 310.0 297.1 352.1 14.90 5 800 2054 15.8 14.0 89 1.8 14.6 211 13 308.0 310.4 295.8 346.5 12.71 6 750 2601 12.7 10.8 88 1.9 11.5 251 16 310.4 312.5 295.3 343.8 10.94 7 700 3178 9.3 7.5 89 1.8 8.2 274 19 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.8 9.37 8 650 3789 5.8 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 282 24 315.5 316.9 294.1 339.2 7.55 9 600 4442 2.7 1.0 89 1.7 1.7 295 31 319.2 320.6 294.6 341.2 6.87 10 550 5141 -1.5 -2.7 92 1.2 -2.1 301 33 322.3 323.4 294.5 340.8 5.70 11 500 5895 -5.4 -6.0 96 0.6 -5.7 314 33 326.4 327.4 295.0 342.7 4.89 12 450 6716 -10.2 -10.4 98 0.2 -10.2 310 32 330.5 331.2 295.2 343.6 3.86 13 400 7614 -15.4 -17.1 87 1.6 -16.0 316 30 334.9 335.4 295.2 343.8 2.51 14 350 8611 -21.5 -24.3 78 2.8 -22.2 328 35 339.8 340.1 295.6 345.4 1.53 15 300 9729 -30.3 -35.9 58 5.6 -31.2 331 38 342.7 342.8 295.5 345.0 0.60 16 250 10995 -41.2 -47.1 52 6.0 -41.6 328 40 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.8 0.22 17 200 12468 -54.1 -59.9 49 5.8 -54.2 329 43 347.1 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14262 -65.0 -74.3 26 9.3 -65.0 331 57 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16694 -71.3 -85.8 10 14.5 -71.4 340 26 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.58 m Freezing level: 568.05 mb = 4888.72 m = 16038.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.77 mb = 4745.16 m = 15567.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.85 C = 92.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.15 mb = 1532.23 m = 5026.96 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1861.35 m = 6106.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.31 C = 93.75 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 41.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1449.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.50 mb = 1763.94 m = 5787.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.50 mb = 1920.94 m = 6302.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.50 mb = 13762.51 m = 45152.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1430.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 20.56 Bulk Shear: 70.50 m/s