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: 33.74,-96.31 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 989 185 36.8 20.8 39 16.1 25.0 221 9 310.9 313.9 298.5 359.2 15.78 2 950 550 32.0 18.9 46 13.1 22.6 225 12 309.7 312.4 297.5 354.1 14.61 3 900 1034 27.3 17.8 56 9.4 20.6 229 13 309.6 312.3 297.4 353.5 14.42 4 850 1536 22.4 17.1 72 5.3 18.7 232 13 309.6 312.4 297.5 354.0 14.58 5 800 2060 17.3 16.0 92 1.3 16.4 234 14 309.6 312.3 297.4 353.5 14.42 6 750 2609 13.2 11.8 91 1.4 12.3 268 20 310.9 313.1 295.9 346.7 11.67 7 700 3187 9.3 7.4 88 1.9 8.2 276 20 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.5 9.30 8 650 3798 5.3 1.5 76 3.8 3.2 278 23 315.0 316.3 293.2 335.7 6.58 9 600 4448 2.0 -6.5 53 8.5 -2.0 295 28 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.1 3.91 10 550 5146 -1.0 -12.6 41 11.7 -5.8 301 26 322.9 323.4 292.2 331.8 2.63 11 500 5900 -5.1 -21.1 27 16.0 -10.4 296 27 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.8 1.42 12 450 6719 -10.1 -32.7 14 22.6 -15.4 296 25 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.5 0.54 13 400 7617 -15.4 -27.5 35 12.1 -18.6 315 20 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.6 1.00 14 350 8610 -22.8 -27.4 66 4.5 -23.9 331 26 338.0 338.2 294.8 342.3 1.16 15 300 9722 -31.1 -40.5 39 9.4 -32.3 325 22 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.1 0.37 16 250 10988 -40.5 -67.8 4 27.2 -41.6 318 32 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 17 200 12467 -52.3 -66.7 16 14.4 -52.6 323 47 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14276 -64.7 -75.2 22 10.5 -64.8 323 47 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16704 -71.6 -85.5 11 13.9 -71.7 319 19 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.26 m Freezing level: 566.57 mb = 4914.81 m = 16124.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.47 mb = 4188.18 m = 13740.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.23 % Est. max temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.02 mb = 2210.15 m = 7251.06 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 22.89 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.18 mb = 2230.06 m = 7316.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.91 C = 96.63 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 42.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1632.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.78 mb = 2212.78 m = 7259.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.78 mb = 2267.02 m = 7437.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.78 mb = 13460.34 m = 44160.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1629.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 46.83 Bulk Shear: 34.85 m/s