MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.71,-95.29 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -95.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 995 144 33.0 22.8 55 10.2 25.4 194 10 306.6 309.9 298.8 360.4 17.87 2 950 561 28.4 20.4 62 8.0 22.6 199 14 306.0 309.0 297.5 354.3 16.10 3 900 1039 23.7 19.4 76 4.4 20.6 203 14 306.0 308.9 297.4 353.7 15.91 4 850 1536 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 207 15 306.0 308.9 297.2 352.7 15.57 5 800 2055 15.9 13.8 87 2.1 14.5 262 19 308.1 310.4 295.7 345.8 12.47 6 750 2602 13.0 10.4 84 2.6 11.3 288 23 310.7 312.7 295.1 343.2 10.62 7 700 3180 9.7 7.2 84 2.5 8.2 284 20 313.2 315.0 294.7 341.6 9.15 8 650 3792 6.2 3.7 84 2.5 4.7 273 24 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.1 7.69 9 600 4445 2.8 -1.0 76 3.8 0.8 279 29 319.4 320.5 293.9 338.4 5.94 10 550 5144 -1.5 -5.6 74 4.1 -3.5 286 28 322.3 323.2 293.6 337.2 4.57 11 500 5898 -5.1 -14.6 47 9.5 -8.8 292 27 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.3 2.47 12 450 6716 -10.9 -29.4 20 18.5 -15.6 293 28 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.75 13 400 7611 -16.4 -29.6 31 13.3 -19.5 299 25 333.7 333.9 293.5 336.7 0.82 14 350 8602 -22.9 -25.6 78 2.7 -23.6 312 27 337.9 338.1 295.0 342.8 1.35 15 300 9715 -30.7 -36.8 55 6.1 -31.7 310 22 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.2 0.54 16 250 10982 -41.3 -53.9 24 12.6 -42.1 301 23 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.10 17 200 12457 -52.6 -67.2 15 14.6 -52.9 327 50 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14265 -64.6 -77.8 15 13.2 -64.7 323 50 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16697 -71.3 -84.8 12 13.6 -71.3 319 22 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.75 m Freezing level: 567.64 mb = 4897.67 m = 16068.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.93 mb = 4567.55 m = 14985.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.88 mb = 1435.57 m = 4709.82 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 28.14 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.68 mb = 1529.08 m = 5016.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.39 C = 90.31 F Cap Strength: -0.13 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 39.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1842.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.96 mb = 1546.55 m = 5073.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.96 mb = 1597.14 m = 5239.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.96 mb = 13705.79 m = 44965.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1834.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 108.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 29.34 Bulk Shear: 62.78 m/s