MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 31 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 136 SFC 973 371 22.0 20.2 90 1.7 20.8 75 6 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.3 15.50 2 950 582 20.2 19.7 97 0.5 19.8 89 11 297.7 300.4 294.8 342.2 15.37 3 900 1049 18.6 18.5 100 0.1 18.5 135 14 300.6 303.4 295.4 344.8 15.06 4 850 1539 16.9 16.0 95 0.9 16.3 120 14 303.9 306.4 295.4 344.4 13.62 5 800 2058 17.5 6.9 50 10.5 11.1 86 5 309.8 311.3 292.7 333.9 7.84 6 750 2606 14.0 5.4 56 8.6 8.9 22 2 311.8 313.3 293.1 335.1 7.52 7 700 3184 9.6 6.3 80 3.3 7.6 340 6 313.1 314.8 294.3 339.8 8.60 8 650 3795 5.7 3.0 82 2.8 4.1 325 8 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.4 7.31 9 600 4446 1.5 0.5 93 1.0 1.0 317 11 317.9 319.1 294.0 338.9 6.61 10 550 5143 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.6 312 18 321.4 322.4 293.6 337.1 4.80 11 500 5895 -5.9 -12.4 60 6.5 -8.5 310 22 325.9 326.5 293.3 335.9 2.96 12 450 6712 -10.7 -23.9 33 13.2 -14.6 292 22 329.8 330.0 292.9 334.2 1.24 13 400 7607 -16.9 -24.6 51 7.7 -19.0 292 25 333.1 333.3 293.7 337.8 1.31 14 350 8595 -23.1 -36.4 28 13.4 -25.4 286 49 337.7 337.8 294.2 339.5 0.48 15 300 9705 -31.6 -43.0 31 11.4 -32.9 282 53 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.0 0.29 16 250 10969 -41.6 -53.8 26 12.2 -42.3 288 54 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.10 17 200 12441 -53.2 -65.6 21 12.4 -53.5 286 48 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14245 -63.3 -79.7 9 16.4 -63.4 292 44 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16677 -70.3 -84.4 11 14.2 -70.4 316 11 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.44 m Freezing level: 579.88 mb = 4726.68 m = 15507.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.53 mb = 4587.28 m = 15049.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.26 mb = 589.15 m = 1932.90 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.94 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1034.18 m = 3392.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.43 mb = 892.96 m = 2929.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.43 mb = 3777.28 m = 12392.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.43 mb = 8565.23 m = 28100.80 ft B at Equ Level: 137.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.43 mb = 12074.12 m = 39612.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.2 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 357.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: -29.9 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.67 Bulk Shear: 51.79 m/s