MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.91,-95.63 Latitude: 33.91 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 995 146 25.9 25.0 95 0.9 25.3 110 5 299.5 303.2 298.6 359.4 20.43 2 950 554 26.1 21.8 77 4.3 22.9 174 12 303.6 306.9 297.8 355.7 17.52 3 900 1031 24.7 19.4 73 5.3 20.9 219 14 307.0 310.0 297.7 355.2 16.00 4 850 1531 21.2 17.3 78 3.9 18.5 252 17 308.4 311.2 297.3 353.2 14.79 5 800 2053 16.8 15.6 93 1.2 16.0 259 19 309.1 311.7 297.0 351.9 14.11 6 750 2601 13.1 12.3 94 0.9 12.6 272 22 310.8 313.1 296.1 347.8 12.06 7 700 3179 9.5 7.6 88 1.9 8.3 289 28 313.0 314.8 294.8 342.1 9.40 8 650 3791 6.2 2.4 77 3.7 4.1 290 31 316.0 317.3 293.9 338.2 7.04 9 600 4444 2.9 -1.1 75 4.0 0.7 305 36 319.5 320.6 293.9 338.4 5.88 10 550 5144 -1.3 -4.7 78 3.4 -3.0 314 39 322.6 323.5 294.0 338.7 4.93 11 500 5898 -5.4 -7.6 84 2.2 -6.5 314 37 326.4 327.3 294.5 340.8 4.31 12 450 6719 -10.0 -12.4 83 2.3 -11.0 310 34 330.6 331.3 294.8 341.8 3.28 13 400 7618 -14.9 -16.7 87 1.7 -15.6 317 33 335.6 336.1 295.4 344.7 2.60 14 350 8616 -21.7 -23.9 82 2.2 -22.3 333 34 339.5 339.8 295.6 345.2 1.58 15 300 9731 -30.7 -34.4 70 3.7 -31.3 339 28 342.1 342.2 295.4 344.7 0.69 16 250 10999 -40.5 -44.6 65 4.0 -40.9 349 23 345.8 345.9 296.0 347.0 0.29 17 200 12476 -52.7 -58.0 53 5.3 -52.9 344 33 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.08 18 150 14278 -65.9 -73.8 32 8.0 -66.0 338 54 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16690 -70.6 -81.8 18 11.2 -70.7 324 25 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.92 m Freezing level: 565.43 mb = 4928.13 m = 16168.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.21 mb = 4576.41 m = 15014.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.84 C = 94.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.03 mb = 260.24 m = 853.81 ft T: 25.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.24 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1698.59 m = 5572.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.00 C = 95.00 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 42.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1907.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.93 mb = 1099.61 m = 3607.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.93 mb = 2075.21 m = 6808.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.93 mb = 14360.80 m = 47114.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1885.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 12.98 Bulk Shear: 146.93 m/s