MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.25,-98.47 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 977 308 24.7 23.2 91 1.5 23.6 44 13 299.8 303.2 297.6 354.5 18.64 2 950 555 22.5 22.2 98 0.3 22.3 51 22 300.0 303.3 297.2 352.6 17.97 3 900 1030 25.9 18.6 64 7.4 20.7 105 19 308.2 311.1 297.5 354.0 15.12 4 850 1535 25.1 14.6 52 10.4 17.9 190 8 312.4 314.8 296.8 350.7 12.43 5 800 2063 20.3 13.3 64 7.0 15.5 225 9 312.8 315.1 296.7 350.1 12.08 6 750 2617 15.1 12.2 83 2.9 13.2 231 10 313.0 315.3 296.7 350.1 12.02 7 700 3198 11.0 8.5 85 2.5 9.4 262 13 314.6 316.5 295.7 345.7 10.00 8 650 3812 7.0 1.3 67 5.7 3.8 305 18 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.5 6.49 9 600 4466 2.6 -6.1 53 8.7 -1.6 332 16 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.3 4.04 10 550 5164 -1.0 -14.7 34 13.7 -6.4 322 16 322.9 323.4 291.8 330.5 2.22 11 500 5919 -4.1 -26.3 16 22.2 -10.6 307 17 328.1 328.3 292.1 331.3 0.90 12 450 6743 -8.4 -37.7 7 29.2 -14.7 319 19 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.9 0.33 13 400 7645 -14.4 -40.1 9 25.8 -19.1 330 25 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.5 0.29 14 350 8641 -22.4 -37.5 24 15.1 -25.0 307 21 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.2 0.43 15 300 9751 -32.2 -46.2 24 13.9 -33.6 322 24 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 16 250 11008 -42.4 -49.3 47 6.8 -42.9 323 34 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.7 0.17 17 200 12484 -51.6 -59.3 39 7.8 -51.8 315 51 351.1 351.1 297.0 351.4 0.06 18 150 14299 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.4 -63.7 332 36 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16718 -71.7 -86.2 10 14.5 -71.8 329 22 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.34 m Freezing level: 563.59 mb = 4974.45 m = 16320.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.49 mb = 4270.86 m = 14011.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.21 % Est. max temperature: 37.40 C = 99.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.34 mb = 496.78 m = 1629.83 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 23.53 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.75 mb = 2360.40 m = 7743.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.71 C = 99.87 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 41.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1273.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.24 mb = 1296.66 m = 4254.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.24 mb = 3099.18 m = 10167.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.24 mb = 12866.25 m = 42211.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1271.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.24 mb = 16245.69 m = 53298.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.3 neg: -13.5 tot: 302.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 12.23 Bulk Shear: 104.09 m/s