MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-97.48 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -97.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 979 317 26.9 24.6 87 2.4 25.2 78 9 301.9 305.6 299.0 361.7 20.22 2 950 581 23.9 23.2 96 0.7 23.3 74 10 301.4 304.9 298.2 357.8 19.12 3 900 1054 21.6 19.2 86 2.4 19.9 211 8 303.8 306.7 296.8 350.6 15.75 4 850 1551 20.5 15.7 74 4.8 17.2 257 26 307.6 310.1 296.1 347.7 13.28 5 800 2073 17.4 14.3 82 3.1 15.3 261 25 309.7 312.2 296.4 349.1 12.92 6 750 2622 13.3 10.2 81 3.2 11.3 256 24 311.0 313.0 295.1 343.1 10.45 7 700 3199 9.3 7.4 88 1.9 8.1 269 23 312.8 314.5 294.7 341.4 9.27 8 650 3810 5.5 3.3 86 2.2 4.2 281 22 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.7 7.51 9 600 4461 1.6 0.1 90 1.5 0.8 279 24 318.0 319.2 294.0 338.5 6.44 10 550 5158 -2.6 -4.1 89 1.5 -3.3 286 30 321.0 322.0 293.7 337.7 5.15 11 500 5909 -6.2 -8.2 86 1.9 -7.1 294 33 325.4 326.3 294.1 339.2 4.14 12 450 6727 -10.4 -20.6 43 10.1 -13.7 299 29 330.1 330.5 293.3 336.0 1.66 13 400 7623 -15.8 -24.9 46 9.1 -18.3 314 28 334.4 334.7 294.1 339.0 1.27 14 350 8617 -22.1 -32.5 38 10.4 -24.2 329 32 338.9 339.1 294.7 341.6 0.71 15 300 9730 -31.2 -42.4 33 11.2 -32.6 333 22 341.4 341.4 294.9 342.6 0.30 16 250 10996 -40.8 -55.0 20 14.2 -41.6 321 22 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.09 17 200 12472 -53.4 -60.8 40 7.4 -53.6 320 35 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14275 -65.1 -75.0 24 9.9 -65.2 319 45 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16704 -70.5 -84.4 11 13.9 -70.6 309 19 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.96 m Freezing level: 580.73 mb = 4729.60 m = 15516.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.47 mb = 4589.21 m = 15056.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.84 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.36 mb = 614.38 m = 2015.67 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 14.05 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.48 mb = 1668.29 m = 5473.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 40.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1808.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.50 mb = 1010.55 m = 3315.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.50 mb = 2293.83 m = 7525.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.50 mb = 13890.59 m = 45572.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1795.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.7 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 305.7 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.2 neg: -13.9 tot: 242.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 12.81 Bulk Shear: 141.25 m/s