MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 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 134 SFC 973 371 20.1 18.2 89 1.8 18.8 55 8 295.5 298.0 293.0 334.7 13.65 2 950 576 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 58 12 295.5 297.9 292.9 334.3 13.53 3 900 1040 19.6 18.1 91 1.5 18.5 73 11 301.7 304.4 295.5 344.9 14.65 4 850 1532 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.6 120 5 304.8 307.6 296.5 349.4 14.93 5 800 2054 20.0 4.4 36 15.6 10.7 329 8 312.4 313.7 292.4 332.8 6.54 6 750 2606 16.2 6.0 51 10.2 10.0 327 14 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.6 7.84 7 700 3188 11.5 6.0 69 5.6 8.1 311 14 315.2 316.9 294.7 341.5 8.39 8 650 3803 6.7 3.6 81 3.1 4.9 306 16 316.5 318.0 294.4 340.6 7.63 9 600 4456 3.0 -4.9 56 7.9 -0.9 318 16 319.6 320.4 292.7 333.9 4.42 10 550 5156 -0.9 -8.5 56 7.6 -4.4 336 26 323.0 323.7 293.1 335.1 3.66 11 500 5910 -5.2 -14.1 50 8.9 -8.7 327 31 326.7 327.2 293.2 335.5 2.58 12 450 6731 -9.9 -18.5 49 8.6 -12.9 319 34 330.8 331.2 293.7 337.7 1.97 13 400 7628 -16.4 -22.7 58 6.3 -18.2 307 33 333.7 334.0 294.1 339.3 1.54 14 350 8617 -23.9 -32.5 45 8.6 -25.6 300 38 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.1 0.71 15 300 9723 -31.9 -46.3 23 14.5 -33.3 306 41 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.20 16 250 10987 -40.9 -58.3 14 17.4 -41.8 301 43 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.06 17 200 12465 -52.5 -63.7 25 11.2 -52.7 308 45 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14271 -64.6 -75.0 23 10.4 -64.7 314 39 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16690 -71.1 -85.6 10 14.5 -71.1 338 18 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.10 m Freezing level: 561.66 mb = 4992.96 m = 16380.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.91 mb = 4349.29 m = 14269.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.04 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.07 mb = 602.84 m = 1977.79 ft T: 18.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.55 mb = 526.23 m = 1726.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.02 C = 68.04 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3513.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.94 mb = 964.89 m = 3165.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.2 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 1.2 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.1 neg: -23.9 tot: 38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 53.63 m/s