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: 34.28,-94.08 Latitude: 34.28 Longitude: -94.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 983 271 23.8 20.5 82 3.3 21.5 91 7 298.3 301.2 295.2 343.6 15.59 2 950 572 20.3 19.5 95 0.8 19.7 99 11 297.8 300.5 294.7 341.7 15.16 3 900 1040 20.1 20.0 100 0.1 20.1 186 18 302.2 305.3 296.9 351.3 16.62 4 850 1532 18.3 16.0 87 2.2 16.7 245 20 305.3 307.8 295.7 346.0 13.62 5 800 2052 16.3 12.4 78 3.9 13.7 280 21 308.5 310.7 295.1 343.1 11.39 6 750 2598 12.5 11.9 96 0.7 12.1 292 22 310.2 312.4 295.7 346.0 11.73 7 700 3175 8.9 8.2 96 0.6 8.5 293 20 312.3 314.2 295.0 342.6 9.82 8 650 3786 5.0 1.9 80 3.1 3.2 280 24 314.6 315.9 293.3 335.8 6.75 9 600 4435 2.0 -9.0 44 11.0 -2.9 272 30 318.5 319.1 291.5 329.1 3.24 10 550 5132 -1.9 -10.2 53 8.3 -5.5 276 31 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.4 3.20 11 500 5883 -6.4 -18.2 39 11.8 -10.5 283 33 325.3 325.6 292.2 331.6 1.83 12 450 6700 -10.7 -15.1 70 4.3 -12.4 288 35 329.7 330.3 294.0 338.8 2.63 13 400 7596 -16.3 -18.6 82 2.3 -17.1 296 33 333.7 334.2 294.7 341.5 2.20 14 350 8588 -22.6 -27.1 67 4.5 -23.7 304 30 338.3 338.5 295.0 342.6 1.19 15 300 9702 -30.7 -37.0 54 6.3 -31.7 299 30 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.1 0.53 16 250 10967 -41.7 -46.5 60 4.7 -42.1 303 32 344.0 344.0 295.5 344.9 0.23 17 200 12434 -53.9 -65.3 24 11.3 -54.2 317 47 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14240 -63.5 -78.3 12 14.9 -63.6 321 55 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16686 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 319 23 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.67 m Freezing level: 574.39 mb = 4792.12 m = 15721.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.40 mb = 4124.45 m = 13531.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.34 mb = 687.94 m = 2256.99 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 16.91 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1500.70 m = 4923.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 40.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.76 mb = 851.75 m = 2794.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.76 mb = 2884.77 m = 9464.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.76 mb = 11380.78 m = 37338.05 ft B at Equ Level: 350.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.76 mb = 14043.89 m = 46075.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.0 neg: -3.0 tot: 314.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 155.61 m/s