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: 34.60,-98.56 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 967 386 26.5 24.1 87 2.3 24.7 44 16 302.6 306.2 299.1 361.8 19.97 2 950 541 24.8 23.4 92 1.4 23.8 46 21 302.3 305.9 298.7 359.7 19.36 3 900 1020 27.7 18.2 56 9.5 20.9 75 11 310.0 312.8 297.7 355.0 14.77 4 850 1526 25.2 14.6 52 10.6 17.9 232 7 312.6 314.9 296.8 350.8 12.40 5 800 2054 20.1 13.4 65 6.8 15.5 235 9 312.6 314.9 296.7 350.1 12.16 6 750 2607 14.8 12.3 85 2.5 13.1 237 9 312.7 315.0 296.6 349.9 12.09 7 700 3187 10.2 8.8 91 1.4 9.3 261 11 313.7 315.7 295.6 345.3 10.18 8 650 3801 6.7 4.4 86 2.2 5.4 300 18 316.5 318.1 294.8 342.1 8.12 9 600 4455 2.9 0.1 82 2.8 1.4 306 23 319.5 320.7 294.3 340.1 6.44 10 550 5155 -1.0 -4.0 80 3.0 -2.6 310 21 322.9 323.9 294.3 339.7 5.16 11 500 5911 -4.5 -7.5 80 3.0 -6.0 301 18 327.5 328.4 294.8 342.1 4.35 12 450 6733 -9.3 -26.5 23 17.2 -14.2 309 17 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.1 0.97 13 400 7634 -13.9 -53.6 2 39.7 -19.3 322 24 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.06 14 350 8632 -22.1 -42.2 14 20.0 -25.2 310 22 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 15 300 9742 -32.0 -44.5 28 12.5 -33.4 300 22 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.2 0.24 16 250 10999 -42.4 -53.8 28 11.4 -43.0 315 37 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.10 17 200 12475 -51.5 -60.0 35 8.5 -51.8 309 50 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.5 0.06 18 150 14290 -63.5 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.6 332 38 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16712 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 321 20 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.43 m Freezing level: 563.10 mb = 4971.63 m = 16310.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.58 mb = 4692.02 m = 15393.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.36 % Est. max temperature: 36.46 C = 97.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.79 mb = 683.71 m = 2243.10 ft T: 25.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 22.08 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.51 mb = 2331.49 m = 7649.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.50 C = 97.69 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 42.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1875.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.16 mb = 1668.67 m = 5474.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.16 mb = 2706.55 m = 8879.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.16 mb = 13457.25 m = 44150.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1875.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.9 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 329.9 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.4 neg: -8.0 tot: 200.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.11 Bulk Rich Number: 19.18 Bulk Shear: 97.80 m/s