MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 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 124 SFC 971 376 21.1 18.2 84 2.8 19.1 48 9 296.7 299.1 293.3 336.2 13.68 2 950 568 18.9 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 48 12 296.4 298.8 293.2 335.3 13.51 3 900 1032 19.3 17.9 92 1.3 18.4 44 12 301.3 304.0 295.3 344.0 14.51 4 850 1524 18.3 17.1 93 1.2 17.5 91 3 305.3 308.0 296.4 348.9 14.56 5 800 2046 20.3 3.3 33 17.0 10.4 319 7 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.9 6.09 6 750 2599 16.6 4.4 44 12.2 9.4 325 13 314.6 316.0 293.5 336.7 7.02 7 700 3182 11.9 6.1 68 5.8 8.3 317 14 315.6 317.3 294.8 342.1 8.45 8 650 3798 7.4 2.7 72 4.8 4.6 319 16 317.3 318.7 294.3 340.0 7.15 9 600 4452 3.0 -2.2 69 5.2 0.3 316 19 319.6 320.7 293.6 337.2 5.44 10 550 5153 -0.5 -10.1 48 9.6 -4.7 329 26 323.5 324.2 292.9 334.3 3.23 11 500 5908 -5.0 -12.6 55 7.6 -8.1 323 32 326.9 327.5 293.5 336.8 2.91 12 450 6729 -9.7 -18.7 48 9.1 -12.8 318 32 331.1 331.5 293.8 337.9 1.94 13 400 7627 -16.1 -22.6 57 6.5 -18.0 313 34 334.0 334.4 294.2 339.6 1.56 14 350 8617 -23.7 -32.2 46 8.5 -25.4 307 35 336.8 336.9 294.2 339.5 0.74 15 300 9727 -31.3 -47.2 19 15.9 -32.9 299 41 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.0 0.18 16 250 10992 -40.8 -52.4 28 11.6 -41.5 300 40 345.5 345.5 295.7 346.0 0.12 17 200 12470 -52.2 -61.1 34 8.9 -52.5 306 47 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.05 18 150 14278 -64.7 -78.0 14 13.3 -64.8 316 43 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16694 -71.5 -85.4 11 14.0 -71.5 339 18 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.63 m Freezing level: 556.49 mb = 5061.56 m = 16605.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.90 mb = 4493.87 m = 14743.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.82 C = 92.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.86 mb = 733.57 m = 2406.68 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2917.47 m = 9571.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.43 C = 102.97 F Cap Strength: 7.29 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3992.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.10 mb = 1021.83 m = 3352.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 358.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: -10.6 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 44.25 m/s