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: 35.66,-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 136 SFC 994 188 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 128 13 291.3 293.6 290.9 327.1 12.66 2 950 578 21.5 21.1 97 0.5 21.2 165 25 299.0 302.1 296.2 347.9 16.77 3 900 1047 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.5 238 22 301.5 304.2 295.5 344.8 14.73 4 850 1538 17.1 15.4 90 1.7 16.0 250 22 304.0 306.5 295.0 343.0 13.08 5 800 2055 14.6 13.0 90 1.6 13.6 258 24 306.7 308.9 294.8 342.3 11.82 6 750 2599 11.8 10.2 90 1.5 10.8 266 25 309.4 311.3 294.7 341.4 10.51 7 700 3174 8.7 7.5 92 1.2 7.9 274 27 312.1 313.9 294.6 340.9 9.33 8 650 3785 5.2 4.1 93 1.1 4.5 284 28 314.8 316.3 294.2 339.6 7.92 9 600 4434 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 290 28 316.9 318.1 293.7 337.6 6.54 10 550 5132 -1.7 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 296 28 322.0 323.2 294.6 341.3 5.95 11 500 5886 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.6 301 27 326.7 327.7 295.0 342.9 4.88 12 450 6707 -9.9 -11.2 90 1.3 -10.4 305 27 330.8 331.6 295.1 343.2 3.62 13 400 7607 -15.4 -17.2 86 1.8 -16.0 306 25 335.0 335.5 295.2 343.7 2.48 14 350 8601 -22.3 -24.6 81 2.4 -22.9 303 24 338.7 339.0 295.3 344.2 1.48 15 300 9716 -30.8 -33.7 76 2.9 -31.3 297 24 342.0 342.1 295.4 344.8 0.74 16 250 10982 -41.1 -44.4 71 3.3 -41.4 294 27 344.9 345.0 295.8 346.1 0.30 17 200 12453 -54.4 -58.3 61 4.0 -54.5 287 30 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14238 -66.1 -71.6 46 5.6 -66.1 321 68 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16683 -70.7 -85.4 10 14.7 -70.8 328 28 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.74 m Freezing level: 586.54 mb = 4622.00 m = 15163.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.05 mb = 4554.76 m = 14943.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.90 mb = 223.40 m = 732.92 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 993.97 mb = 188.06 m = 616.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.30 C = 68.55 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.01 mb = 716.09 m = 2349.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.01 mb = 3535.17 m = 11598.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.01 mb = 5424.69 m = 17797.32 ft B at Equ Level: 84.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 370.01 mb = 8187.50 m = 26861.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 303.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 401.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 201.93 m/s