MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.47 Latitude: 34.60 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 139 SFC 973 371 19.6 18.2 92 1.4 18.7 32 10 295.0 297.5 292.8 334.1 13.64 2 950 580 17.3 17.3 100 0.1 17.3 39 16 294.8 297.1 292.4 332.5 13.16 3 900 1046 20.2 20.1 99 0.1 20.1 156 4 302.3 305.4 297.0 351.6 16.65 4 850 1539 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 17.9 28 5 305.5 308.3 296.8 350.8 15.13 5 800 2060 16.9 15.4 91 1.5 15.9 343 7 309.2 311.8 296.9 351.3 13.88 6 750 2610 15.9 2.3 40 13.5 8.2 325 11 313.8 315.0 292.4 332.8 6.05 7 700 3192 12.0 -1.7 38 13.7 4.7 332 13 315.7 316.7 292.0 331.1 4.81 8 650 3807 7.5 -3.4 46 10.9 1.9 329 15 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.1 4.58 9 600 4460 2.0 -3.1 69 5.0 -0.6 335 19 318.4 319.4 293.0 334.8 5.09 10 550 5157 -1.4 -12.5 43 11.0 -6.0 334 18 322.4 322.9 292.1 331.3 2.67 11 500 5912 -3.9 -26.0 16 22.1 -10.5 305 19 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.5 0.91 12 450 6735 -9.1 -20.0 41 10.9 -12.8 305 15 331.7 332.1 293.8 337.9 1.73 13 400 7634 -15.9 -23.4 52 7.5 -18.1 319 23 334.3 334.6 294.2 339.5 1.45 14 350 8625 -23.2 -28.8 60 5.6 -24.4 311 29 337.5 337.7 294.6 341.3 1.01 15 300 9734 -32.0 -36.7 63 4.7 -32.6 305 35 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.4 0.55 16 250 10994 -42.2 -45.5 70 3.3 -42.4 311 37 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.26 17 200 12466 -53.0 -58.6 50 5.7 -53.1 312 46 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.2 0.07 18 150 14273 -64.1 -83.0 6 18.9 -64.3 321 49 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16692 -72.0 -84.6 13 12.6 -72.0 335 26 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.78 m Freezing level: 571.01 mb = 4863.87 m = 15957.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.40 mb = 4292.77 m = 14083.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.00 mb = 543.75 m = 1783.94 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 973.35 mb = 371.42 m = 1218.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.65 C = 67.38 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 26.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 332.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.37 mb = 862.09 m = 2828.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.37 mb = 4400.35 m = 14436.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.37 mb = 5093.46 m = 16710.61 ft B at Equ Level: 49.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 474.37 mb = 6322.74 m = 20743.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.5 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 2.5 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.2 neg: -18.1 tot: 71.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 34.75 m/s