MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.54,-98.50 Latitude: 34.54 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 131 SFC 974 357 21.2 18.2 83 3.0 19.2 36 9 296.6 299.1 293.3 335.9 13.64 2 950 574 18.4 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 36 11 295.9 298.3 292.9 334.2 13.33 3 900 1039 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.1 8 9 301.3 304.2 296.0 347.3 15.62 4 850 1531 18.3 17.6 96 0.7 17.8 45 4 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.3 15.06 5 800 2052 18.6 10.6 60 8.0 13.4 297 7 310.9 312.8 294.8 341.9 10.09 6 750 2604 16.5 3.2 41 13.3 8.8 317 14 314.5 315.7 293.0 334.8 6.45 7 700 3187 12.0 3.5 56 8.5 7.0 323 15 315.7 317.1 293.8 337.9 7.05 8 650 3802 7.2 2.1 70 5.1 4.3 314 15 317.1 318.5 294.1 339.0 6.89 9 600 4456 2.8 -0.8 77 3.6 0.8 317 20 319.3 320.5 294.0 338.7 6.02 10 550 5156 -1.4 -5.4 74 4.0 -3.3 323 23 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.7 4.67 11 500 5909 -5.1 -15.1 45 10.0 -8.9 316 27 326.8 327.3 293.0 334.9 2.37 12 450 6730 -9.6 -20.0 43 10.4 -13.1 308 27 331.1 331.5 293.6 337.2 1.74 13 400 7628 -16.2 -25.0 46 8.9 -18.6 313 32 334.0 334.2 294.0 338.5 1.25 14 350 8618 -23.6 -29.9 56 6.3 -25.0 307 33 336.9 337.1 294.4 340.3 0.91 15 300 9726 -31.8 -42.2 35 10.4 -33.0 303 40 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.31 16 250 10989 -41.2 -49.4 41 8.2 -41.8 304 35 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.17 17 200 12466 -52.3 -58.7 46 6.4 -52.5 311 43 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.07 18 150 14276 -64.3 -79.1 11 14.8 -64.4 313 43 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16695 -71.4 -85.1 11 13.7 -71.5 351 20 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.01 m Freezing level: 566.74 mb = 4921.44 m = 16146.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.90 mb = 4592.29 m = 15066.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.04 mb = 738.21 m = 2421.92 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 15.53 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.89 mb = 539.09 m = 1768.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.64 C = 69.16 F Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 32.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3555.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.89 mb = 916.56 m = 3007.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.5 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 353.5 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -5.0 tot: 37.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 31.11 m/s