MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.22,-96.76 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 979 296 28.1 24.0 79 4.1 25.0 146 10 303.1 306.7 298.9 361.1 19.55 2 950 561 25.4 22.5 84 3.0 23.3 160 15 303.0 306.4 298.2 357.4 18.33 3 900 1035 21.8 21.3 97 0.5 21.5 203 23 303.9 307.3 298.2 357.6 18.01 4 850 1532 21.4 13.8 62 7.6 16.3 247 34 308.5 310.7 295.3 344.1 11.72 5 800 2055 18.1 12.9 71 5.2 14.6 252 30 310.4 312.7 295.8 346.3 11.75 6 750 2605 13.8 10.8 82 3.0 11.9 263 28 311.6 313.6 295.5 345.1 10.91 7 700 3183 9.3 8.0 92 1.2 8.5 268 26 312.7 314.6 295.0 342.7 9.69 8 650 3794 5.4 5.1 98 0.2 5.2 278 26 315.0 316.7 294.7 341.7 8.53 9 600 4445 1.5 0.8 95 0.7 1.1 281 29 317.8 319.2 294.2 339.5 6.80 10 550 5142 -2.0 -3.2 91 1.3 -2.6 292 34 321.8 322.8 294.2 339.6 5.48 11 500 5895 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.4 293 34 326.1 327.0 294.6 341.0 4.48 12 450 6715 -10.4 -16.4 61 6.0 -12.6 303 32 330.2 330.7 293.9 338.4 2.37 13 400 7611 -16.1 -28.6 33 12.5 -19.1 308 29 334.1 334.2 293.7 337.4 0.91 14 350 8602 -23.6 -31.2 50 7.6 -25.2 318 24 336.9 337.1 294.3 340.0 0.81 15 300 9712 -31.0 -34.6 71 3.6 -31.6 329 16 341.6 341.8 295.3 344.2 0.68 16 250 10980 -41.0 -44.3 70 3.3 -41.3 331 15 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.3 0.30 17 200 12453 -53.0 -59.1 48 6.1 -53.2 336 41 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.07 18 150 14255 -65.5 -75.3 24 9.8 -65.5 325 57 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16684 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 324 25 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.20 m Freezing level: 578.32 mb = 4747.03 m = 15574.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.89 mb = 4649.04 m = 15252.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.29 C = 93.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.17 mb = 812.05 m = 2664.17 ft T: 23.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 13.51 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1747.02 m = 5731.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.28 C = 93.71 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 39.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2312.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.57 mb = 1048.89 m = 3441.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.57 mb = 2341.58 m = 7682.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.57 mb = 14517.68 m = 47629.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2271.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.5 neg: -7.4 tot: 384.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.52 Bulk Rich Number: 14.11 Bulk Shear: 163.83 m/s