MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 129 SFC 972 377 23.8 20.0 79 3.8 21.2 80 6 299.4 302.2 295.3 344.2 15.35 2 950 576 20.9 19.2 90 1.6 19.8 81 7 298.4 301.1 294.7 341.8 14.93 3 900 1042 17.9 17.6 98 0.3 17.7 88 8 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.5 14.20 4 850 1533 16.9 15.4 91 1.5 16.0 64 3 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.8 13.10 5 800 2052 18.4 2.7 35 15.7 9.5 307 5 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.9 5.81 6 750 2602 14.5 5.7 56 8.8 9.2 289 5 312.3 313.8 293.4 336.2 7.69 7 700 3181 10.0 7.0 81 3.1 8.2 286 8 313.6 315.3 294.7 341.5 9.00 8 650 3794 6.5 3.0 79 3.4 4.5 271 10 316.3 317.7 294.2 339.4 7.35 9 600 4446 1.7 0.2 90 1.5 0.8 261 15 318.0 319.3 294.0 338.7 6.48 10 550 5142 -2.4 -2.9 97 0.5 -2.7 263 16 321.2 322.3 294.2 339.4 5.63 11 500 5893 -7.1 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.3 269 17 324.4 325.2 294.0 338.7 4.35 12 450 6710 -10.8 -20.9 43 10.1 -14.0 289 16 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.3 1.61 13 400 7605 -16.4 -36.4 16 19.9 -20.3 308 24 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.3 0.43 14 350 8594 -23.7 -37.3 27 13.6 -26.0 302 33 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.5 0.44 15 300 9704 -31.2 -38.2 50 7.0 -32.1 283 32 341.5 341.6 295.1 343.3 0.47 16 250 10968 -42.0 -45.5 68 3.5 -42.2 262 30 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.26 17 200 12436 -53.5 -59.8 46 6.3 -53.7 301 45 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.06 18 150 14245 -63.0 -77.3 13 14.3 -63.1 270 29 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16675 -70.8 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.8 311 14 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.94 m Freezing level: 579.65 mb = 4729.17 m = 15515.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.05 mb = 4606.60 m = 15113.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.58 mb = 856.91 m = 2811.34 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.96 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1034.95 m = 3395.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 234.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.72 mb = 997.35 m = 3272.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.72 mb = 4314.66 m = 14155.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.72 mb = 6714.69 m = 22029.56 ft B at Equ Level: 70.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.72 mb = 9710.05 m = 31856.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -5.4 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.82 Bulk Shear: 38.86 m/s