MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.53 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 972 371 19.7 18.5 93 1.2 18.8 32 12 295.2 297.7 293.1 335.1 13.89 2 950 564 17.8 17.7 99 0.2 17.7 37 19 295.3 297.7 292.8 334.0 13.50 3 900 1030 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.7 106 19 302.0 304.9 296.6 349.8 16.22 4 850 1526 20.9 16.6 76 4.3 17.9 151 5 308.0 310.7 296.8 350.6 14.09 5 800 2051 19.3 13.5 69 5.7 15.4 275 9 311.7 314.0 296.5 349.3 12.27 6 750 2603 14.7 11.8 83 2.8 12.8 280 15 312.5 314.7 296.3 348.5 11.70 7 700 3183 10.4 8.8 89 1.7 9.4 301 18 314.1 316.0 295.7 345.7 10.18 8 650 3796 6.1 1.2 71 4.9 3.4 329 16 315.9 317.1 293.3 336.1 6.42 9 600 4448 2.7 -4.7 58 7.4 -0.9 341 16 319.3 320.2 292.7 333.9 4.50 10 550 5147 -0.8 -17.1 28 16.2 -6.9 330 14 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.3 1.82 11 500 5904 -3.2 -43.6 3 40.4 -11.3 316 14 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.16 12 450 6729 -8.7 -19.3 42 10.6 -12.4 337 17 332.3 332.7 294.0 338.8 1.84 13 400 7630 -15.2 -27.4 34 12.2 -18.4 322 27 335.2 335.4 294.0 338.9 1.01 14 350 8623 -22.9 -34.7 33 11.9 -25.1 303 28 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.1 0.57 15 300 9733 -32.1 -38.1 55 6.0 -32.9 289 30 340.2 340.3 294.8 342.0 0.48 16 250 10992 -42.0 -45.7 68 3.6 -42.3 305 36 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.26 17 200 12462 -52.9 -64.3 24 11.4 -53.2 321 53 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14272 -63.5 -81.7 7 18.3 -63.6 323 43 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16689 -72.4 -84.6 14 12.2 -72.4 316 22 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.39 m Freezing level: 561.83 mb = 4982.06 m = 16345.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.73 mb = 4304.07 m = 14120.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.37 C = 93.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.90 mb = 519.80 m = 1705.36 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 21.32 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 969.57 mb = 388.64 m = 1275.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.66 C = 67.39 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3203.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.72 mb = 908.98 m = 2982.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 356.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.6 neg: -9.6 tot: 278.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 62.38 m/s