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: 34.57,-98.47 Latitude: 34.57 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 131 SFC 974 362 21.1 18.2 84 2.9 19.1 36 9 296.5 299.0 293.3 335.8 13.63 2 950 575 18.3 17.5 95 0.9 17.8 36 11 295.8 298.2 292.9 334.2 13.34 3 900 1039 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.1 9 9 301.2 304.1 296.0 346.9 15.54 4 850 1531 18.2 17.6 96 0.7 17.8 45 4 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.3 15.06 5 800 2052 18.4 10.8 61 7.6 13.5 295 7 310.8 312.7 294.8 342.2 10.26 6 750 2604 16.5 3.2 41 13.3 8.8 317 14 314.5 315.7 293.0 334.7 6.45 7 700 3186 11.9 3.9 58 8.0 7.2 323 15 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.6 7.27 8 650 3802 7.2 2.3 71 4.9 4.4 313 16 317.1 318.4 294.1 339.1 6.96 9 600 4455 2.8 -1.0 76 3.8 0.8 317 20 319.4 320.5 294.0 338.5 5.96 10 550 5155 -1.4 -5.4 74 4.1 -3.4 323 23 322.5 323.4 293.7 337.7 4.64 11 500 5908 -5.1 -15.3 45 10.2 -9.0 316 27 326.9 327.3 293.0 334.8 2.33 12 450 6730 -9.6 -19.9 43 10.3 -13.1 308 27 331.1 331.5 293.6 337.3 1.75 13 400 7627 -16.2 -24.9 47 8.7 -18.6 312 32 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.5 1.26 14 350 8617 -23.7 -29.7 57 6.0 -24.9 307 34 336.9 337.1 294.4 340.3 0.93 15 300 9726 -31.8 -42.1 36 10.3 -33.0 304 40 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.8 0.32 16 250 10989 -41.3 -49.3 42 8.0 -41.8 304 36 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.4 0.17 17 200 12465 -52.3 -58.6 47 6.3 -52.5 311 44 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.07 18 150 14275 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 313 44 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -71.4 -85.2 11 13.8 -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: 5777.40 m Freezing level: 566.33 mb = 4926.86 m = 16164.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.61 mb = 4582.35 m = 15033.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.32 mb = 726.62 m = 2383.88 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.44 mb = 534.28 m = 1752.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.53 C = 68.96 F Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lifted Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.87 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3567.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.08 mb = 914.75 m = 3001.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.2 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 353.2 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 31.77 m/s