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: 35.09,-97.78 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -97.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 968 364 34.2 22.0 49 12.2 25.2 289 9 310.2 313.5 299.4 363.7 17.49 2 950 536 33.0 19.9 46 13.1 23.5 291 13 310.6 313.6 298.3 358.1 15.54 3 900 1020 28.3 18.5 55 9.8 21.3 279 15 310.7 313.5 298.0 356.7 15.06 4 850 1525 23.4 17.4 69 6.0 19.2 266 16 310.7 313.5 298.0 356.2 14.87 5 800 2051 18.3 16.4 88 1.9 17.0 264 16 310.7 313.5 297.9 355.9 14.80 6 750 2601 13.8 13.6 98 0.2 13.6 264 20 311.6 314.1 297.0 351.8 13.14 7 700 3181 9.9 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 267 26 313.4 315.4 295.8 346.5 10.68 8 650 3793 6.2 4.8 91 1.4 5.3 268 27 315.9 317.5 294.8 342.0 8.30 9 600 4446 2.6 -0.1 82 2.7 1.1 287 30 319.2 320.4 294.2 339.5 6.34 10 550 5146 -1.1 -4.3 79 3.2 -2.7 305 29 322.7 323.7 294.1 339.3 5.06 11 500 5901 -4.7 -9.0 72 4.2 -6.7 312 24 327.3 328.0 294.4 340.3 3.88 12 450 6723 -9.6 -22.5 34 12.9 -13.6 310 26 331.2 331.5 293.3 336.2 1.40 13 400 7621 -15.2 -37.2 13 22.0 -19.5 321 33 335.3 335.3 293.5 336.8 0.39 14 350 8617 -22.4 -44.6 11 22.3 -25.4 326 34 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.5 0.21 15 300 9730 -31.5 -45.1 25 13.7 -33.0 325 27 341.0 341.0 294.8 341.9 0.23 16 250 10990 -42.1 -56.8 19 14.7 -42.9 310 31 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.07 17 200 12466 -51.8 -62.4 27 10.6 -52.1 314 48 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.04 18 150 14281 -64.3 -78.7 12 14.4 -64.4 319 33 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16704 -70.3 -85.6 9 15.3 -70.4 335 18 391.9 391.9 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.92 m Freezing level: 565.06 mb = 4935.25 m = 16191.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.35 mb = 4645.06 m = 15239.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.95 % Est. max temperature: 34.70 C = 94.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.79 mb = 1913.40 m = 6277.49 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 24.38 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.96 mb = 2256.53 m = 7403.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.01 C = 95.02 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 45.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2134.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.40 mb = 2208.14 m = 7244.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.40 mb = 2372.60 m = 7784.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.40 mb = 14264.62 m = 46799.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2106.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 163.74 Bulk Shear: 13.04 m/s