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: 35.24,-96.73 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 979 294 27.8 23.9 80 3.8 24.9 140 10 302.7 306.3 298.8 360.4 19.44 2 950 561 24.9 22.4 86 2.5 23.1 155 15 302.5 305.9 298.0 356.5 18.25 3 900 1035 21.6 21.3 98 0.3 21.4 204 24 303.8 307.1 298.1 357.2 17.97 4 850 1532 21.4 13.7 62 7.7 16.2 248 34 308.5 310.7 295.3 343.9 11.67 5 800 2055 18.1 12.9 72 5.2 14.6 252 30 310.4 312.6 295.8 346.4 11.78 6 750 2605 13.8 10.7 82 3.1 11.8 263 29 311.5 313.6 295.5 344.9 10.87 7 700 3183 9.3 8.0 92 1.3 8.5 268 27 312.8 314.6 295.0 342.6 9.66 8 650 3794 5.3 5.1 98 0.3 5.2 279 26 315.0 316.6 294.7 341.6 8.50 9 600 4444 1.5 0.8 95 0.7 1.1 280 29 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.3 6.77 10 550 5142 -1.9 -3.2 91 1.3 -2.6 292 34 321.8 322.9 294.2 339.6 5.49 11 500 5895 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.3 -6.4 293 34 326.0 326.9 294.6 341.0 4.51 12 450 6714 -10.4 -16.1 63 5.7 -12.5 302 32 330.2 330.7 294.0 338.6 2.43 13 400 7611 -16.1 -28.7 33 12.6 -19.2 308 29 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.4 0.89 14 350 8601 -23.6 -30.0 55 6.4 -24.9 318 24 337.0 337.2 294.4 340.3 0.90 15 300 9712 -30.9 -34.3 73 3.3 -31.5 329 16 341.8 341.9 295.4 344.4 0.70 16 250 10979 -41.1 -44.3 71 3.3 -41.3 331 15 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.2 0.30 17 200 12453 -53.1 -58.6 51 5.5 -53.2 335 39 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.07 18 150 14254 -65.5 -75.5 24 10.0 -65.5 325 57 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16683 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.7 324 25 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.78 m Freezing level: 578.48 mb = 4744.30 m = 15565.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.45 mb = 4640.97 m = 15226.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.67 mb = 778.93 m = 2555.51 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.31 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.32 mb = 1754.81 m = 5757.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.80 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 39.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2205.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.16 mb = 1013.77 m = 3325.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.16 mb = 2412.03 m = 7913.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.16 mb = 14368.84 m = 47141.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2176.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 406.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.54 Bulk Rich Number: 12.46 Bulk Shear: 176.94 m/s