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: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 970 376 23.4 21.7 90 1.8 22.2 42 15 299.2 302.3 296.4 349.0 17.06 2 950 561 21.5 21.1 98 0.4 21.2 44 21 299.0 302.1 296.2 348.0 16.81 3 900 1031 23.9 19.7 77 4.2 20.9 83 23 306.1 309.2 297.7 354.9 16.26 4 850 1534 25.0 14.7 53 10.3 17.9 206 7 312.3 314.7 296.8 350.6 12.44 5 800 2062 20.2 13.2 64 7.0 15.5 228 12 312.7 315.0 296.6 349.8 12.02 6 750 2615 15.1 12.0 82 3.0 13.0 235 13 312.9 315.2 296.5 349.5 11.85 7 700 3196 11.0 7.6 80 3.4 8.9 268 15 314.7 316.5 295.3 344.0 9.41 8 650 3811 7.3 -1.1 55 8.4 2.8 306 18 317.3 318.3 293.0 334.6 5.44 9 600 4465 2.6 -3.6 63 6.2 -0.5 315 17 319.2 320.1 293.0 335.0 4.89 10 550 5163 -1.1 -14.9 34 13.8 -6.5 313 17 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.2 2.18 11 500 5918 -3.9 -36.9 6 33.0 -11.5 309 17 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.5 0.32 12 450 6741 -8.6 -47.8 3 39.1 -15.3 323 20 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 13 400 7643 -14.5 -37.8 12 23.3 -19.1 325 27 336.2 336.2 293.7 337.6 0.37 14 350 8638 -22.7 -35.8 29 13.1 -25.1 304 24 338.1 338.2 294.3 340.1 0.51 15 300 9748 -32.1 -48.6 18 16.5 -33.7 317 25 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.15 16 250 11004 -42.7 -54.9 25 12.3 -43.3 324 30 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.09 17 200 12477 -51.7 -58.8 42 7.1 -51.9 314 55 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.07 18 150 14294 -63.4 -79.7 9 16.3 -63.5 328 40 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16716 -71.6 -85.3 11 13.7 -71.6 327 23 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.20 m Freezing level: 564.47 mb = 4960.98 m = 16275.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.60 mb = 4361.93 m = 14310.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.54 % Est. max temperature: 36.72 C = 98.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.93 mb = 598.28 m = 1962.82 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 20.28 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2394.01 m = 7854.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.02 C = 98.64 F Cap Strength: 6.83 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 40.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1003.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.49 mb = 1253.97 m = 4114.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.49 mb = 3285.79 m = 10780.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.49 mb = 12718.93 m = 41728.27 ft B at Equ Level: 992.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.49 mb = 16012.57 m = 52534.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.5 neg: -16.7 tot: 374.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.15 Bulk Rich Number: 8.46 Bulk Shear: 118.63 m/s