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: 34.47,-94.34 Latitude: 34.47 Longitude: -94.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 975 343 24.0 20.8 82 3.2 21.8 105 7 299.3 302.3 295.8 346.3 16.10 2 950 569 21.5 20.0 91 1.5 20.5 113 11 299.0 301.9 295.4 344.7 15.66 3 900 1037 20.1 20.1 99 0.1 20.1 181 18 302.3 305.3 297.0 351.4 16.63 4 850 1530 18.0 16.9 93 1.1 17.2 239 20 305.0 307.7 296.2 348.0 14.38 5 800 2050 16.6 12.4 76 4.2 13.8 280 24 308.9 311.0 295.1 343.5 11.42 6 750 2598 12.9 11.4 90 1.5 11.9 290 25 310.5 312.7 295.6 345.2 11.33 7 700 3174 8.6 6.7 88 1.9 7.5 284 22 312.0 313.7 294.1 339.3 8.82 8 650 3783 4.4 -0.5 71 4.9 1.8 271 25 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.8 5.69 9 600 4432 3.1 -17.4 21 20.5 -4.5 273 28 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.2 1.63 10 550 5131 -1.6 -14.0 38 12.4 -6.5 277 33 322.2 322.6 291.7 330.1 2.36 11 500 5882 -6.2 -12.7 60 6.6 -8.8 283 33 325.5 326.1 293.1 335.2 2.88 12 450 6700 -10.7 -12.8 84 2.1 -11.5 288 35 329.8 330.5 294.5 340.7 3.17 13 400 7597 -16.2 -18.3 84 2.1 -16.9 295 31 334.0 334.4 294.8 341.9 2.26 14 350 8589 -22.7 -25.8 76 3.1 -23.5 306 29 338.2 338.4 295.1 343.1 1.34 15 300 9702 -30.9 -34.2 73 3.3 -31.4 309 31 341.9 342.0 295.4 344.6 0.71 16 250 10968 -41.6 -44.9 70 3.3 -41.8 306 34 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.4 0.28 17 200 12435 -53.9 -66.2 21 12.3 -54.2 319 48 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14239 -64.0 -77.6 14 13.5 -64.1 320 58 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16686 -70.2 -85.4 9 15.1 -70.3 320 21 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.83 m Freezing level: 567.07 mb = 4892.05 m = 16049.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.82 mb = 3961.71 m = 12997.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.65 mb = 747.20 m = 2451.40 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1291.86 m = 4238.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 39.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.95 mb = 942.11 m = 3090.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.95 mb = 2767.00 m = 9077.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.95 mb = 12595.09 m = 41321.99 ft B at Equ Level: 646.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.95 mb = 14877.16 m = 48808.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 322.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 315.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 3.94 Bulk Shear: 165.73 m/s