MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 34.54,-98.47 Latitude: 34.54 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 146 SFC 976 353 21.2 20.5 96 0.6 20.8 32 4 296.3 299.2 294.7 341.8 15.77 2 950 591 20.2 19.8 98 0.3 19.9 90 6 297.6 300.5 295.0 342.6 15.52 3 900 1058 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 194 2 300.5 303.2 295.3 344.0 14.84 4 850 1547 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 224 3 303.1 305.7 295.2 343.8 13.71 5 800 2062 13.7 13.3 97 0.4 13.4 231 3 305.8 308.0 294.8 342.0 12.08 6 750 2604 11.1 6.8 75 4.3 8.5 144 2 308.6 310.2 292.8 334.0 8.31 7 700 3178 8.1 5.9 86 2.2 6.8 189 2 311.5 313.1 293.6 337.3 8.37 8 650 3787 5.0 3.2 88 1.8 4.0 228 5 314.7 316.1 293.8 338.0 7.43 9 600 4438 2.4 -5.4 56 7.8 -1.4 277 11 318.9 319.7 292.4 332.7 4.27 10 550 5135 -2.4 -7.6 67 5.2 -4.7 278 18 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.2 3.94 11 500 5885 -7.1 -15.2 52 8.1 -10.2 323 27 324.4 324.8 292.3 332.3 2.34 12 450 6699 -12.3 -14.9 80 2.7 -13.3 298 25 327.8 328.4 293.6 336.9 2.67 13 400 7591 -17.0 -19.1 84 2.1 -17.7 299 35 332.9 333.3 294.4 340.4 2.12 14 350 8580 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.3 305 34 336.9 337.1 294.7 341.6 1.29 15 300 9688 -31.9 -34.8 75 2.9 -32.4 296 29 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.9 0.66 16 250 10949 -42.3 -45.7 69 3.4 -42.6 289 48 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.2 0.26 17 200 12416 -54.2 -58.2 62 3.9 -54.4 279 64 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14215 -63.3 -77.7 12 14.4 -63.4 302 55 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16656 -70.4 -84.5 11 14.0 -70.5 312 20 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.17 m Freezing level: 574.79 mb = 4789.64 m = 15713.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.86 mb = 4265.64 m = 13994.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.70 mb = 430.89 m = 1413.65 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.02 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 971.82 m = 3188.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.65 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.74 mb = 851.48 m = 2793.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.74 mb = 1990.83 m = 6531.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.74 mb = 9297.55 m = 30503.41 ft B at Equ Level: 231.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.74 mb = 12844.76 m = 42141.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.0 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 319.0 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.35 Bulk Shear: 27.75 m/s