MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.79,-94.60 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 110 32.0 22.9 59 9.1 25.3 181 5 305.2 308.5 298.5 358.8 17.91 2 950 567 27.2 20.3 66 7.0 22.2 199 9 304.8 307.8 297.1 352.4 15.94 3 900 1043 22.6 19.0 80 3.6 20.1 205 11 304.8 307.7 296.9 351.4 15.58 4 850 1539 18.4 16.7 90 1.7 17.2 222 15 305.4 308.0 296.2 347.9 14.21 5 800 2057 15.9 12.3 79 3.7 13.5 262 19 308.1 310.3 294.8 342.3 11.28 6 750 2604 13.0 9.4 79 3.6 10.7 275 22 310.7 312.5 294.6 341.0 9.91 7 700 3181 9.6 6.4 80 3.2 7.6 275 23 313.1 314.7 294.3 339.9 8.63 8 650 3794 6.1 2.8 79 3.3 4.2 271 25 315.8 317.2 294.0 338.5 7.20 9 600 4445 2.4 -1.2 77 3.6 0.5 280 31 318.9 320.0 293.7 337.6 5.85 10 550 5144 -1.7 -5.1 78 3.3 -3.4 286 34 322.0 323.0 293.7 337.6 4.77 11 500 5898 -5.4 -9.2 75 3.8 -7.1 289 35 326.4 327.2 294.1 339.2 3.81 12 450 6716 -10.8 -20.1 46 9.3 -13.9 284 35 329.6 330.0 293.2 335.7 1.72 13 400 7612 -16.4 -39.3 12 22.9 -20.5 285 32 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.31 14 350 8600 -23.2 -34.6 34 11.4 -25.3 296 25 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.7 0.58 15 300 9711 -30.3 -33.8 72 3.4 -30.9 312 23 342.6 342.8 295.6 345.5 0.74 16 250 10984 -40.3 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.6 323 27 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.5 0.33 17 200 12457 -54.6 -58.6 61 4.0 -54.7 322 30 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.07 18 150 14258 -64.9 -78.0 15 13.1 -65.0 322 54 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -71.6 -84.7 13 13.1 -71.6 333 27 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.75 m Freezing level: 571.07 mb = 4849.60 m = 15910.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.68 mb = 4530.33 m = 14863.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.72 mb = 1260.53 m = 4135.54 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 21.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1467.16 m = 4813.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.90 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1587.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.46 mb = 1412.43 m = 4633.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.46 mb = 1564.12 m = 5131.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.46 mb = 13568.69 m = 44516.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1584.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 23.46 Bulk Shear: 67.65 m/s