MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 137 SFC 973 371 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 29 5 294.4 296.9 292.8 334.0 13.87 2 950 578 17.5 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 47 11 294.9 297.3 292.5 332.9 13.23 3 900 1042 18.3 18.3 99 0.1 18.3 130 2 300.4 303.1 295.3 343.9 14.83 4 850 1534 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 174 4 304.1 306.8 296.0 347.3 14.49 5 800 2052 17.8 6.2 47 11.6 10.9 303 6 310.1 311.5 292.6 333.1 7.47 6 750 2601 14.8 4.4 50 10.4 8.7 313 8 312.6 314.0 292.9 334.5 7.02 7 700 3180 9.5 8.0 90 1.6 8.5 309 13 313.0 314.9 295.0 342.9 9.64 8 650 3791 5.6 3.9 89 1.7 4.6 313 15 315.3 316.8 294.3 339.8 7.81 9 600 4443 1.8 -0.5 85 2.2 0.5 324 18 318.2 319.4 293.8 337.9 6.18 10 550 5140 -2.4 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.4 318 20 321.3 322.2 293.7 337.4 4.97 11 500 5891 -6.6 -7.8 91 1.3 -7.1 322 20 325.0 325.9 294.1 339.1 4.25 12 450 6709 -11.0 -15.9 67 4.9 -12.8 321 15 329.5 330.0 293.8 338.0 2.46 13 400 7603 -16.9 -23.2 58 6.3 -18.7 314 27 333.0 333.3 293.9 338.3 1.48 14 350 8589 -24.2 -28.6 66 4.5 -25.1 311 38 336.2 336.4 294.3 340.0 1.03 15 300 9698 -31.3 -38.4 50 7.1 -32.3 306 45 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.1 0.46 16 250 10965 -40.8 -50.8 34 9.9 -41.5 306 53 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.9 0.14 17 200 12441 -53.1 -66.5 18 13.3 -53.4 313 47 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.03 18 150 14243 -64.3 -77.3 15 13.0 -64.4 308 28 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16666 -71.5 -84.5 13 13.1 -71.5 349 16 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.11 m Freezing level: 578.67 mb = 4739.80 m = 15550.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.13 mb = 4534.72 m = 14877.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.26 mb = 432.59 m = 1419.23 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.17 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 968.83 mb = 409.76 m = 1344.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.07 C = 66.32 F Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 39.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4099.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.30 mb = 850.97 m = 2791.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.1 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 350.1 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.4 neg: -8.7 tot: 69.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 31.32 m/s