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: 34.62,-98.50 Latitude: 34.62 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 147 SFC 973 384 21.0 20.4 97 0.5 20.6 34 4 296.4 299.3 294.7 341.8 15.73 2 950 591 20.0 19.8 99 0.1 19.9 86 6 297.5 300.3 294.9 342.4 15.52 3 900 1058 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 215 3 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.3 14.91 4 850 1548 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 234 4 303.0 305.5 295.1 343.1 13.53 5 800 2062 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 216 2 305.6 307.8 294.7 341.4 11.94 6 750 2604 11.1 7.1 76 4.0 8.7 142 2 308.7 310.2 292.9 334.6 8.49 7 700 3178 8.0 5.9 86 2.1 6.7 189 1 311.3 312.9 293.6 337.0 8.33 8 650 3787 4.7 3.7 93 1.0 4.2 223 5 314.3 315.8 293.9 338.5 7.72 9 600 4437 2.2 -5.0 59 7.2 -1.3 273 11 318.6 319.5 292.5 332.8 4.38 10 550 5134 -2.4 -8.3 64 5.9 -5.1 277 17 321.3 322.0 292.7 333.5 3.71 11 500 5884 -7.0 -15.6 50 8.6 -10.2 320 27 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.3 2.27 12 450 6698 -12.2 -15.0 79 2.8 -13.2 297 28 328.0 328.5 293.6 337.0 2.65 13 400 7590 -17.2 -19.2 84 2.1 -17.9 306 33 332.7 333.1 294.3 340.0 2.09 14 350 8578 -23.7 -26.3 79 2.6 -24.3 303 39 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.5 1.28 15 300 9687 -31.9 -34.8 75 2.9 -32.3 292 30 340.4 340.6 295.0 343.0 0.66 16 250 10948 -42.2 -45.7 69 3.4 -42.5 288 51 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.3 0.26 17 200 12415 -54.3 -58.1 62 3.9 -54.4 279 65 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14214 -63.3 -81.1 7 17.8 -63.4 302 54 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16656 -70.3 -84.4 11 14.1 -70.4 312 20 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.53 m Freezing level: 576.00 mb = 4771.78 m = 15655.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.12 mb = 4274.75 m = 14024.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.02 mb = 446.47 m = 1464.79 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.79 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 1020.53 m = 3348.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.50 mb = 872.87 m = 2863.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.50 mb = 1703.83 m = 5589.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.50 mb = 9347.38 m = 30666.87 ft B at Equ Level: 255.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.50 mb = 12919.01 m = 42384.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 317.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.1 neg: -8.8 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.96 Bulk Shear: 28.53 m/s