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: 34.80,-95.68 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -95.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 984 240 31.3 24.7 68 6.6 26.3 173 8 305.9 309.7 300.0 367.0 20.31 2 950 549 27.9 23.3 76 4.6 24.5 185 14 305.5 309.1 299.4 363.4 19.29 3 900 1027 23.4 22.2 93 1.2 22.5 194 18 305.6 309.2 299.2 362.8 19.04 4 850 1526 20.1 19.9 99 0.2 19.9 222 29 307.2 310.4 298.7 359.8 17.44 5 800 2048 17.1 13.5 79 3.6 14.7 256 31 309.3 311.6 295.8 346.5 12.22 6 750 2596 14.0 9.5 74 4.5 11.2 271 32 311.8 313.7 294.9 342.5 9.99 7 700 3175 9.4 8.1 92 1.3 8.6 272 32 312.9 314.7 295.0 342.9 9.72 8 650 3786 5.2 4.7 96 0.5 4.9 272 35 314.8 316.4 294.5 340.6 8.25 9 600 4436 1.7 0.8 93 1.0 1.2 280 38 318.1 319.4 294.2 339.7 6.77 10 550 5134 -1.6 -4.8 79 3.2 -3.1 291 34 322.2 323.2 293.9 338.2 4.89 11 500 5887 -5.4 -9.9 70 4.5 -7.4 293 33 326.5 327.2 294.0 338.6 3.61 12 450 6708 -10.0 -16.1 61 6.0 -12.3 292 31 330.6 331.1 294.1 339.0 2.43 13 400 7605 -16.1 -17.2 91 1.1 -16.5 296 29 334.0 334.5 295.0 342.7 2.48 14 350 8599 -21.7 -26.5 65 4.9 -22.9 311 29 339.5 339.8 295.3 344.1 1.25 15 300 9717 -30.1 -36.1 56 6.0 -31.0 312 35 343.0 343.1 295.6 345.2 0.59 16 250 10986 -40.9 -46.0 58 5.1 -41.3 320 32 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.2 0.25 17 200 12459 -53.1 -62.0 33 8.9 -53.3 324 39 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14258 -65.2 -78.0 15 12.8 -65.3 322 52 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16691 -71.4 -84.5 13 13.1 -71.5 324 24 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.05 m Freezing level: 573.90 mb = 4800.27 m = 15748.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.26 mb = 4621.68 m = 15162.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.25 mb = 1083.24 m = 3553.88 ft T: 23.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 24.50 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1228.34 m = 4029.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.66 C Showalter Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 44.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3488.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.13 mb = 1152.98 m = 3782.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.13 mb = 1301.66 m = 4270.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 132.13 mb = 15019.38 m = 49275.58 ft B at Equ Level: 3441.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.26 Bulk Rich Number: 26.34 Bulk Shear: 132.43 m/s