MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 35.04,-99.73 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 951 550 24.8 22.1 85 2.7 22.8 70 5 302.3 305.5 297.7 355.0 17.83 2 950 558 24.2 21.8 87 2.4 22.5 69 5 301.8 305.0 297.4 353.8 17.62 3 900 1030 20.8 19.3 92 1.4 19.8 117 8 302.9 305.8 296.6 350.0 15.90 4 850 1523 17.7 15.4 87 2.3 16.1 106 5 304.6 307.1 295.1 343.5 13.04 5 800 2041 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 249 4 307.5 309.8 295.3 344.0 12.08 6 750 2587 12.8 10.2 84 2.6 11.2 266 16 310.5 312.5 294.9 342.5 10.47 7 700 3165 10.0 7.1 82 2.9 8.2 284 25 313.6 315.3 294.7 341.8 9.09 8 650 3778 6.8 3.6 80 3.2 4.9 294 33 316.6 318.1 294.5 340.7 7.64 9 600 4433 3.2 -0.3 78 3.5 1.3 299 40 319.8 321.0 294.3 339.8 6.24 10 550 5133 -1.1 -5.8 70 4.7 -3.4 298 38 322.8 323.7 293.7 337.6 4.51 11 500 5886 -5.5 -18.3 36 12.8 -10.0 301 35 326.4 326.7 292.4 332.6 1.81 12 450 6706 -9.8 -18.7 49 8.8 -12.9 307 32 330.9 331.2 293.7 337.7 1.95 13 400 7603 -16.2 -25.9 43 9.7 -18.8 301 36 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.1 1.16 14 350 8596 -22.3 -27.5 62 5.3 -23.5 267 34 338.8 339.0 295.0 343.0 1.14 15 300 9708 -30.9 -41.8 34 10.9 -32.3 270 39 341.8 341.9 295.1 343.1 0.32 16 250 10975 -41.0 -54.8 21 13.8 -41.8 268 42 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.09 17 200 12448 -54.0 -61.0 42 7.0 -54.2 270 41 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14246 -65.1 -78.2 15 13.1 -65.2 290 49 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16665 -70.5 -85.0 10 14.5 -70.5 286 10 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.71 m Freezing level: 562.92 mb = 4951.85 m = 16246.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.50 mb = 4615.91 m = 15143.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.14 mb = 894.06 m = 2933.22 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1405.20 m = 4610.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 681.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.69 mb = 1256.54 m = 4122.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.69 mb = 1812.52 m = 5946.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.69 mb = 13047.76 m = 42807.09 ft B at Equ Level: 664.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.69 mb = 15493.76 m = 50831.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.1 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 325.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 191.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 5.50 Bulk Shear: 123.91 m/s