MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.36,-97.32 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -97.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 973 357 23.6 20.5 83 3.1 21.5 181 12 299.1 302.0 295.6 345.3 15.82 2 950 565 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.4 189 19 298.4 301.2 295.3 344.3 15.79 3 900 1038 23.4 19.4 78 4.1 20.5 234 40 305.7 308.6 297.4 353.3 15.91 4 850 1537 21.4 16.6 74 4.7 18.1 247 37 308.5 311.2 296.9 351.4 14.15 5 800 2060 18.0 15.0 83 3.0 16.0 259 33 310.3 312.9 297.0 351.7 13.57 6 750 2611 14.2 10.0 76 4.2 11.5 267 29 312.0 314.0 295.3 343.9 10.36 7 700 3189 8.9 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 270 21 312.4 314.2 294.7 341.6 9.47 8 650 3798 4.7 3.3 91 1.4 3.9 253 14 314.3 315.7 293.7 337.7 7.49 9 600 4447 0.9 -3.6 72 4.5 -1.4 261 22 317.1 318.1 292.4 332.8 4.88 10 550 5142 -2.1 -6.7 71 4.6 -4.3 272 29 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.4 4.21 11 500 5894 -6.4 -9.8 77 3.3 -7.9 277 33 325.2 325.9 293.7 337.4 3.65 12 450 6712 -10.9 -20.7 44 9.8 -14.0 287 27 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.3 1.64 13 400 7606 -16.6 -37.4 15 20.7 -20.5 295 23 333.4 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.38 14 350 8596 -23.0 -25.5 80 2.5 -23.7 329 25 337.7 338.0 295.0 342.7 1.37 15 300 9709 -30.6 -38.8 44 8.2 -31.8 346 26 342.2 342.3 295.3 343.9 0.44 16 250 10976 -41.4 -53.5 26 12.1 -42.1 343 36 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.10 17 200 12449 -52.7 -68.7 13 15.9 -53.1 331 54 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14256 -64.1 -77.0 15 12.9 -64.2 320 54 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16691 -70.4 -85.5 9 15.1 -70.5 316 22 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.95 m Freezing level: 585.33 mb = 4651.00 m = 15259.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.15 mb = 4271.23 m = 14013.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.93 C = 93.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.90 mb = 752.12 m = 2467.57 ft T: 21.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.96 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.30 mb = 2196.68 m = 7206.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.19 C = 95.34 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 43.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 863.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.57 mb = 1188.83 m = 3900.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.57 mb = 2957.55 m = 9703.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.57 mb = 12462.23 m = 40886.08 ft B at Equ Level: 854.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.57 mb = 15617.96 m = 51239.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.4 neg: -17.3 tot: 368.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.07 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 80.66 m/s