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: 34.79,-95.63 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 984 245 29.9 25.1 75 4.8 26.2 45 4 304.4 308.3 299.9 366.5 20.75 2 950 556 27.6 22.8 75 4.8 24.0 93 4 305.2 308.7 299.0 361.2 18.71 3 900 1033 23.3 21.6 90 1.7 22.1 194 7 305.6 309.0 298.8 360.7 18.39 4 850 1531 19.3 19.1 99 0.1 19.2 211 12 306.3 309.4 298.0 356.3 16.63 5 800 2051 15.8 15.6 99 0.2 15.7 244 21 308.0 310.6 296.7 350.4 14.04 6 750 2597 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 271 29 310.0 312.1 295.3 344.1 11.16 7 700 3174 8.8 8.3 97 0.5 8.5 274 28 312.2 314.1 295.0 342.7 9.87 8 650 3784 5.0 4.2 95 0.8 4.5 267 24 314.6 316.1 294.2 339.6 7.99 9 600 4434 1.3 0.6 95 0.7 0.9 275 29 317.6 318.9 294.0 338.9 6.68 10 550 5131 -2.3 -3.1 95 0.7 -2.7 289 35 321.3 322.4 294.1 339.3 5.56 11 500 5882 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.5 297 35 325.6 326.5 294.5 340.8 4.59 12 450 6702 -10.0 -10.7 95 0.6 -10.3 301 36 330.6 331.4 295.1 343.5 3.78 13 400 7602 -15.1 -15.7 96 0.5 -15.3 309 32 335.3 335.9 295.6 345.2 2.82 14 350 8600 -20.8 -21.4 94 0.7 -21.0 326 33 340.8 341.2 296.2 347.9 1.97 15 300 9719 -30.5 -33.9 72 3.4 -31.1 328 34 342.3 342.5 295.6 345.1 0.72 16 250 10983 -42.1 -46.6 61 4.5 -42.5 295 19 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.23 17 200 12451 -52.9 -69.7 11 16.8 -53.2 317 47 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14257 -64.8 -77.4 16 12.6 -64.9 317 52 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16695 -70.1 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.2 323 22 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.22 m Freezing level: 582.21 mb = 4681.60 m = 15359.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.63 mb = 4600.52 m = 15093.38 ft Precipitable water: 2.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.07 mb = 857.87 m = 2814.50 ft T: 24.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 27.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1234.03 m = 4048.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.80 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 44.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3194.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.81 mb = 1152.09 m = 3779.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.81 mb = 1300.36 m = 4266.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.81 mb = 14552.40 m = 47743.51 ft B at Equ Level: 3185.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.0 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 305.0 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 237.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.86 Bulk Rich Number: 31.18 Bulk Shear: 102.45 m/s