MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.32,-98.77 Latitude: 34.32 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 978 340 25.9 20.3 71 5.6 21.9 96 8 301.0 303.8 295.9 346.7 15.56 2 950 595 23.3 19.3 78 4.0 20.5 98 9 300.8 303.6 295.5 344.8 14.99 3 900 1064 18.8 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 102 8 300.9 303.5 295.2 343.6 14.55 4 850 1554 16.3 13.9 86 2.4 14.7 99 4 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.4 11.85 5 800 2069 13.7 11.1 85 2.5 12.0 45 2 305.7 307.7 293.6 337.1 10.46 6 750 2611 11.0 8.2 83 2.8 9.3 349 14 308.5 310.2 293.4 336.3 9.13 7 700 3184 7.8 4.8 81 3.0 6.0 326 17 311.1 312.6 293.0 334.9 7.70 8 650 3792 4.3 1.3 81 3.1 2.7 284 12 313.9 315.1 292.9 334.2 6.48 9 600 4440 0.8 -2.8 76 3.7 -1.0 308 14 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.7 5.19 10 550 5135 -2.6 -13.1 44 10.6 -6.8 307 16 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.5 2.53 11 500 5884 -6.8 -28.8 15 22.0 -12.5 283 15 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.71 12 450 6698 -11.5 -46.5 4 34.9 -17.1 286 17 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 13 400 7590 -17.0 -50.7 4 33.7 -21.4 305 29 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 14 350 8580 -22.7 -42.0 16 19.3 -25.6 298 44 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.2 0.27 15 300 9694 -30.8 -39.3 43 8.6 -32.0 290 53 342.0 342.1 295.2 343.6 0.42 16 250 10959 -41.6 -48.6 46 7.1 -42.1 277 53 344.3 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.18 17 200 12427 -54.6 -60.2 50 5.6 -54.8 287 51 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14224 -64.2 -77.3 15 13.1 -64.3 296 47 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16664 -70.7 -83.8 13 13.1 -70.7 312 29 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.25 m Freezing level: 587.55 mb = 4613.06 m = 15134.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.02 mb = 4252.95 m = 13953.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.10 mb = 1044.11 m = 3425.51 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1259.92 m = 4133.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 321.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.47 mb = 1155.52 m = 3791.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.47 mb = 1599.40 m = 5247.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.47 mb = 8674.25 m = 28458.47 ft B at Equ Level: 320.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.47 mb = 13610.82 m = 44654.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -40.1 tot: -26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.18 Bulk Shear: 51.99 m/s