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: 33.84,-94.57 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -94.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 1000 110 32.2 23.0 58 9.2 25.4 173 6 305.3 308.7 298.5 359.1 17.95 2 950 566 27.1 20.1 66 6.9 22.1 185 10 304.7 307.6 297.0 351.9 15.83 3 900 1042 22.5 19.2 82 3.3 20.2 191 11 304.7 307.7 297.0 351.8 15.76 4 850 1537 18.0 17.3 96 0.7 17.5 212 13 305.0 307.7 296.4 349.1 14.77 5 800 2055 15.7 12.8 83 2.8 13.8 278 19 307.9 310.1 295.1 343.3 11.72 6 750 2601 12.6 10.3 86 2.3 11.2 291 20 310.2 312.2 294.9 342.5 10.57 7 700 3178 9.2 7.2 87 2.0 8.0 292 18 312.7 314.4 294.6 341.0 9.15 8 650 3790 5.7 3.6 86 2.2 4.5 276 21 315.5 316.9 294.2 339.5 7.64 9 600 4441 2.1 -0.3 84 2.4 0.8 276 28 318.5 319.7 293.9 338.5 6.25 10 550 5140 -1.5 -4.5 80 3.0 -3.0 281 29 322.3 323.3 294.0 338.5 4.97 11 500 5893 -5.8 -13.0 57 7.1 -8.7 287 31 325.9 326.5 293.2 335.5 2.82 12 450 6710 -10.8 -24.2 32 13.4 -14.7 291 32 329.6 329.8 292.7 333.9 1.19 13 400 7605 -16.6 -23.5 55 6.8 -18.6 297 31 333.4 333.6 294.0 338.5 1.44 14 350 8595 -22.9 -27.1 69 4.2 -23.9 304 29 337.9 338.2 294.8 342.3 1.19 15 300 9710 -30.4 -38.9 43 8.5 -31.6 303 26 342.5 342.6 295.3 344.2 0.44 16 250 10976 -41.7 -49.5 42 7.9 -42.2 301 22 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.8 0.17 17 200 12446 -52.8 -69.4 12 16.6 -53.1 325 49 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14254 -64.3 -77.6 14 13.3 -64.4 322 53 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16692 -71.0 -85.1 11 14.0 -71.1 319 23 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.05 m Freezing level: 571.20 mb = 4843.46 m = 15890.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.74 mb = 4579.57 m = 15024.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.89 mb = 1277.23 m = 4190.35 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1414.58 m = 4640.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.14 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 39.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1589.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.12 mb = 1404.47 m = 4607.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.12 mb = 1454.78 m = 4772.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.12 mb = 13174.57 m = 43223.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1589.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 116.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 23.76 Bulk Shear: 66.88 m/s