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: 35.01,-95.77 Latitude: 35.01 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 987 212 29.4 25.2 78 4.2 26.2 111 4 303.7 307.5 299.8 365.9 20.85 2 950 550 26.4 23.7 85 2.8 24.4 159 9 304.0 307.6 299.2 362.9 19.73 3 900 1026 22.7 22.3 98 0.4 22.4 198 18 304.9 308.4 299.1 362.2 19.16 4 850 1524 19.7 19.5 99 0.2 19.6 226 29 306.8 310.0 298.3 358.2 17.04 5 800 2046 16.7 14.2 85 2.5 15.0 256 32 309.0 311.4 296.1 347.9 12.82 6 750 2594 13.5 10.5 82 2.9 11.6 269 31 311.2 313.2 295.3 344.1 10.72 7 700 3172 9.3 8.0 91 1.3 8.5 268 31 312.8 314.7 295.0 342.8 9.69 8 650 3783 5.4 4.6 95 0.8 4.9 268 35 315.1 316.7 294.6 340.9 8.24 9 600 4434 1.9 0.4 90 1.5 1.1 278 39 318.3 319.6 294.1 339.3 6.58 10 550 5132 -1.9 -3.5 89 1.6 -2.7 289 36 321.8 322.9 294.1 339.3 5.37 11 500 5885 -5.8 -7.5 88 1.7 -6.6 297 34 326.0 326.8 294.4 340.5 4.36 12 450 6705 -10.1 -11.8 87 1.7 -10.8 298 33 330.6 331.2 294.8 342.3 3.44 13 400 7604 -15.4 -16.8 89 1.4 -15.9 301 33 335.0 335.5 295.3 344.0 2.57 14 350 8599 -21.6 -23.9 82 2.3 -22.2 305 33 339.6 339.9 295.6 345.4 1.58 15 300 9720 -29.2 -31.9 77 2.7 -29.7 309 36 344.2 344.3 296.1 347.5 0.88 16 250 10996 -39.3 -42.4 72 3.1 -39.6 311 37 347.7 347.7 296.4 349.1 0.37 17 200 12477 -53.1 -56.9 63 3.9 -53.2 312 33 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.09 18 150 14269 -66.0 -76.1 23 10.1 -66.1 322 52 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16699 -71.2 -84.9 11 13.7 -71.2 324 24 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.52 m Freezing level: 575.10 mb = 4781.49 m = 15687.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.89 mb = 4624.72 m = 15172.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.82 % Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.10 mb = 746.10 m = 2447.79 ft T: 24.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 26.66 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 1013.04 m = 3323.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.56 C Showalter Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 43.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 505.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3291.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.63 mb = 942.39 m = 3091.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.63 mb = 1088.30 m = 3570.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 133.63 mb = 14961.92 m = 49087.08 ft B at Equ Level: 3258.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 395.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.83 Bulk Rich Number: 21.08 Bulk Shear: 156.13 m/s