MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.66,-95.56 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 995 188 18.1 17.8 98 0.4 17.9 130 12 291.7 294.0 291.2 328.4 12.97 2 950 586 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 147 35 296.4 299.0 293.7 337.4 14.20 3 900 1055 19.9 19.6 99 0.2 19.7 189 31 302.0 305.0 296.6 349.8 16.19 4 850 1547 17.2 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 205 29 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.2 14.43 5 800 2064 14.5 14.1 98 0.4 14.2 212 29 306.6 309.0 295.5 344.9 12.75 6 750 2608 11.6 11.0 96 0.6 11.3 223 28 309.2 311.3 295.0 342.9 11.10 7 700 3183 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 7.9 233 30 311.9 313.7 294.6 340.9 9.39 8 650 3793 4.5 3.5 93 1.0 3.9 236 30 314.0 315.5 293.7 337.7 7.57 9 600 4440 0.1 -0.4 97 0.5 -0.2 240 28 316.2 317.4 293.3 335.9 6.20 10 550 5134 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 247 27 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.2 5.41 11 500 5886 -5.7 -6.4 95 0.7 -6.0 259 25 326.1 327.1 294.8 341.9 4.75 12 450 6707 -9.7 -10.7 92 1.0 -10.1 272 24 331.1 331.8 295.3 343.9 3.77 13 400 7608 -15.0 -16.5 88 1.6 -15.5 283 25 335.5 336.1 295.4 344.8 2.63 14 350 8605 -21.6 -23.8 83 2.2 -22.2 288 27 339.7 340.0 295.6 345.5 1.61 15 300 9723 -30.0 -32.6 78 2.7 -30.4 293 29 343.2 343.3 295.8 346.3 0.82 16 250 10993 -41.1 -44.2 72 3.1 -41.3 302 30 345.0 345.0 295.8 346.2 0.30 17 200 12462 -54.4 -58.3 62 3.9 -54.5 307 39 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14252 -63.6 -70.4 39 6.8 -63.7 322 65 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.02 19 100 16699 -68.8 -85.7 7 16.9 -68.9 333 32 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.64 m Freezing level: 598.89 mb = 4455.33 m = 14617.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.62 mb = 4404.71 m = 14450.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.98 mb = 232.78 m = 763.70 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 995.13 mb = 188.35 m = 617.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.58 C = 67.25 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.34 mb = 683.84 m = 2243.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.34 mb = 3863.46 m = 12675.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 544.34 mb = 5215.41 m = 17110.71 ft B at Equ Level: 63.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.34 mb = 6632.28 m = 21759.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 428.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 153.87 m/s