MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.72,-99.57 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 961 461 23.8 22.2 91 1.6 22.6 175 8 300.4 303.6 297.2 352.6 17.80 2 950 560 24.5 22.0 86 2.5 22.7 184 16 302.0 305.3 297.6 354.7 17.81 3 900 1037 25.7 15.5 53 10.2 18.7 229 35 308.0 310.4 295.6 345.6 12.41 4 850 1537 22.5 13.4 56 9.1 16.4 238 31 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.5 11.41 5 800 2062 18.7 13.7 73 5.0 15.3 242 23 311.1 313.4 296.4 349.1 12.43 6 750 2613 14.8 11.1 79 3.6 12.4 256 19 312.6 314.7 296.0 347.1 11.17 7 700 3193 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.0 275 16 313.7 315.6 295.4 344.4 9.92 8 650 3806 6.0 4.3 88 1.8 5.0 297 10 315.8 317.3 294.6 341.0 8.02 9 600 4458 2.3 -2.0 73 4.3 0.1 280 12 318.8 319.9 293.4 336.6 5.53 10 550 5156 -1.7 -5.0 78 3.3 -3.4 271 19 322.0 323.0 293.7 337.7 4.79 11 500 5909 -5.5 -15.6 45 10.0 -9.4 281 21 326.3 326.7 292.8 334.1 2.27 12 450 6728 -10.5 -22.4 37 11.9 -14.2 287 20 330.0 330.3 293.1 335.0 1.41 13 400 7624 -15.8 -34.0 19 18.3 -19.6 295 19 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.5 0.54 14 350 8618 -22.0 -47.1 8 25.0 -25.3 306 24 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.16 15 300 9734 -30.9 -49.1 15 18.3 -32.6 341 31 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.15 16 250 10998 -40.8 -63.1 7 22.3 -41.8 319 38 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 17 200 12474 -53.3 -62.0 34 8.7 -53.6 309 37 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14280 -64.4 -76.5 18 12.1 -64.6 319 39 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16702 -72.4 -84.6 14 12.2 -72.5 323 16 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.36 m Freezing level: 571.28 mb = 4858.89 m = 15941.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.87 mb = 4472.97 m = 14674.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.47 % Est. max temperature: 34.10 C = 93.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.92 mb = 663.63 m = 2177.24 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.54 mb = 2629.55 m = 8627.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.96 C = 96.72 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 570.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.19 mb = 1846.23 m = 6057.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.19 mb = 3249.86 m = 10662.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.19 mb = 12304.46 m = 40368.47 ft B at Equ Level: 569.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.19 mb = 14900.67 m = 48886.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.1 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 288.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.6 neg: -13.6 tot: 247.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 13.02 Bulk Shear: 43.81 m/s