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: 34.60,-98.44 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 367 19.1 18.0 93 1.1 18.3 32 11 294.5 296.9 292.5 333.0 13.44 2 950 570 17.3 17.3 100 0.0 17.3 39 18 294.7 297.1 292.4 332.5 13.18 3 900 1037 20.1 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 138 11 302.2 305.3 296.9 351.2 16.56 4 850 1531 19.0 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 88 3 306.0 308.8 297.0 351.5 15.17 5 800 2052 17.8 14.7 82 3.1 15.7 323 8 310.1 312.6 296.7 350.5 13.26 6 750 2603 14.6 11.8 83 2.8 12.7 306 14 312.4 314.7 296.3 348.4 11.67 7 700 3183 10.8 3.9 62 6.9 6.8 324 14 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.2 7.26 8 650 3797 7.5 -5.3 40 12.8 1.2 342 16 317.4 318.2 291.7 330.2 3.95 9 600 4450 2.5 -8.2 45 10.7 -2.4 335 17 319.0 319.7 291.8 330.3 3.45 10 550 5148 -1.0 -19.3 23 18.4 -7.4 330 16 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.1 1.50 11 500 5904 -3.3 -40.6 4 37.3 -11.3 310 17 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.22 12 450 6729 -8.8 -22.8 31 14.0 -13.2 322 15 332.1 332.4 293.6 337.0 1.36 13 400 7628 -15.3 -27.1 36 11.8 -18.4 321 24 335.0 335.3 294.0 338.8 1.04 14 350 8622 -22.7 -34.0 35 11.2 -24.9 304 29 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.4 0.62 15 300 9732 -31.9 -37.7 56 5.9 -32.7 302 32 340.5 340.6 294.9 342.4 0.50 16 250 10991 -42.7 -46.4 67 3.7 -42.9 316 39 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.24 17 200 12459 -53.9 -58.6 56 4.7 -54.0 323 49 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14267 -63.7 -79.6 10 16.0 -63.8 323 45 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16682 -72.2 -84.8 13 12.6 -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: 5774.72 m Freezing level: 563.82 mb = 4955.19 m = 16256.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.19 mb = 4010.96 m = 13159.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.44 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.57 mb = 502.06 m = 1647.16 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 21.32 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 972.79 mb = 366.68 m = 1203.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.60 C = 67.28 F Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lifted Index: 2.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 33.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2784.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.97 mb = 856.73 m = 2810.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.6 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 2.6 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.7 neg: -14.2 tot: 123.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 47.13 m/s