MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.50 Latitude: 34.57 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 129 SFC 973 366 19.1 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 31 11 294.6 297.0 292.6 333.1 13.44 2 950 570 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 39 18 294.8 297.2 292.4 332.6 13.19 3 900 1036 20.2 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 135 11 302.3 305.3 296.9 351.4 16.61 4 850 1531 19.1 17.6 91 1.4 18.1 81 3 306.1 308.9 297.0 351.4 15.10 5 800 2053 17.9 14.6 81 3.2 15.7 323 8 310.2 312.7 296.7 350.5 13.21 6 750 2603 14.7 11.7 82 3.0 12.7 306 14 312.5 314.7 296.2 348.2 11.58 7 700 3184 10.9 3.6 61 7.2 6.6 325 14 314.5 315.9 293.5 336.8 7.10 8 650 3798 7.5 -5.7 39 13.2 1.1 341 16 317.5 318.2 291.7 329.9 3.85 9 600 4451 2.5 -8.2 45 10.7 -2.3 335 17 319.0 319.7 291.8 330.3 3.45 10 550 5149 -1.0 -19.5 23 18.5 -7.4 331 16 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.1 1.49 11 500 5904 -3.3 -39.7 4 36.4 -11.2 311 17 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.24 12 450 6729 -8.8 -22.6 32 13.7 -13.2 323 15 332.1 332.4 293.6 337.1 1.39 13 400 7629 -15.3 -27.1 36 11.8 -18.4 322 24 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.9 1.04 14 350 8622 -22.7 -34.1 35 11.3 -24.9 304 29 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.4 0.61 15 300 9732 -31.9 -37.9 55 6.1 -32.7 301 31 340.5 340.6 294.9 342.4 0.49 16 250 10992 -42.6 -46.3 67 3.7 -42.9 315 39 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.24 17 200 12460 -53.8 -58.7 55 4.9 -53.9 323 48 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.9 0.07 18 150 14268 -63.7 -80.0 9 16.2 -63.8 322 44 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16683 -72.2 -85.0 13 12.8 -72.2 325 23 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.49 m Freezing level: 563.82 mb = 4955.66 m = 16258.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.19 mb = 3998.52 m = 13118.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.86 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.30 mb = 513.08 m = 1683.30 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 21.52 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 972.79 mb = 366.37 m = 1202.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.62 C = 67.32 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 32.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2780.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.36 mb = 862.18 m = 2828.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.4 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 3.4 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -170.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.0 neg: -13.0 tot: 120.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 45.43 m/s