MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 31 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 148 SFC 974 377 25.9 20.9 74 5.1 22.3 93 5 301.3 304.3 296.4 348.8 16.14 2 950 597 22.8 19.6 82 3.2 20.5 97 5 300.3 303.1 295.5 345.1 15.28 3 900 1066 18.4 17.5 94 0.9 17.8 110 5 300.5 303.1 294.8 341.9 14.12 4 850 1555 16.3 13.7 85 2.6 14.6 133 2 303.2 305.3 293.8 337.8 11.67 5 800 2070 13.5 10.9 84 2.6 11.9 340 0 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.5 10.31 6 750 2612 10.9 7.6 80 3.3 8.9 295 6 308.4 310.0 293.1 335.0 8.75 7 700 3185 7.8 4.4 79 3.4 5.8 314 15 311.1 312.5 292.9 334.3 7.50 8 650 3792 4.3 0.8 78 3.5 2.4 299 16 313.9 315.0 292.7 333.5 6.25 9 600 4440 0.4 -2.8 79 3.2 -1.3 284 19 316.5 317.5 292.6 333.1 5.18 10 550 5134 -2.9 -4.8 87 1.8 -3.8 278 21 320.6 321.6 293.4 336.5 4.89 11 500 5884 -7.4 -11.3 74 3.9 -9.0 270 19 324.0 324.6 293.0 334.8 3.23 12 450 6696 -12.8 -20.4 53 7.6 -15.2 275 15 327.2 327.5 292.5 333.0 1.68 13 400 7585 -17.7 -44.7 8 27.0 -21.7 296 24 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.7 0.18 14 350 8572 -23.0 -36.3 29 13.2 -25.4 300 47 337.7 337.8 294.2 339.6 0.49 15 300 9686 -30.5 -44.4 25 13.8 -32.1 288 57 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.25 16 250 10953 -41.1 -52.2 29 11.1 -41.8 276 54 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.12 17 200 12424 -54.2 -62.5 35 8.3 -54.4 282 53 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14213 -64.5 -75.7 20 11.2 -64.6 304 50 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16658 -71.9 -84.2 14 12.3 -72.0 293 29 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.73 m Freezing level: 594.37 mb = 4518.00 m = 14822.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.19 mb = 4211.34 m = 13816.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.98 mb = 1017.90 m = 3339.53 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 15.74 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1215.77 m = 3988.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 375.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.67 mb = 1135.83 m = 3726.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.67 mb = 1781.20 m = 5843.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.67 mb = 8620.62 m = 28282.53 ft B at Equ Level: 374.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.67 mb = 13160.46 m = 43176.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 179.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 9.40 Bulk Shear: 39.95 m/s