MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.93,-98.08 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 273 27.4 21.2 69 6.2 22.9 7 7 301.9 304.9 296.6 349.9 16.28 2 950 580 23.5 19.7 79 3.8 20.9 10 9 301.0 303.9 295.8 346.4 15.43 3 900 1050 19.4 17.5 89 1.9 18.1 24 11 301.5 304.1 295.0 343.0 14.09 4 850 1541 17.0 12.9 77 4.0 14.3 26 16 303.9 306.0 293.6 337.0 11.10 5 800 2056 14.2 9.1 71 5.1 11.0 8 14 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.7 9.09 6 750 2599 11.5 7.2 75 4.2 8.9 347 13 309.0 310.6 293.1 335.1 8.54 7 700 3174 8.6 4.1 73 4.5 6.0 334 14 312.0 313.4 293.0 334.8 7.35 8 650 3783 4.8 1.6 80 3.2 3.0 320 14 314.4 315.7 293.1 335.2 6.63 9 600 4431 0.7 -0.1 94 0.8 0.3 301 14 316.9 318.2 293.6 337.1 6.34 10 550 5128 -2.2 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.4 292 13 321.5 322.6 294.4 340.2 5.78 11 500 5880 -5.9 -9.1 79 3.1 -7.4 259 13 325.8 326.6 294.0 338.7 3.85 12 450 6697 -10.9 -28.5 22 17.6 -15.4 298 29 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.5 0.81 13 400 7592 -16.2 -21.7 62 5.5 -17.9 282 36 334.0 334.3 294.3 340.0 1.69 14 350 8585 -22.5 -36.3 27 13.9 -24.9 276 42 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.4 0.49 15 300 9699 -30.6 -45.8 21 15.1 -32.3 283 48 342.2 342.2 295.0 343.1 0.21 16 250 10965 -41.5 -50.6 37 9.0 -42.1 284 47 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.15 17 200 12435 -54.0 -62.2 36 8.2 -54.2 270 43 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14227 -64.3 -79.6 10 15.3 -64.4 296 53 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16659 -72.0 -82.7 19 10.7 -72.0 291 21 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.96 m Freezing level: 587.79 mb = 4601.55 m = 15096.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.18 mb = 4495.96 m = 14750.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.06 mb = 1059.34 m = 3475.48 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1380.87 m = 4530.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 2.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.44 mb = 1171.08 m = 3842.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.44 mb = 1925.16 m = 6316.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.44 mb = 9405.26 m = 30856.79 ft B at Equ Level: 295.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.44 mb = 13730.69 m = 45047.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.5 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 357.5 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -20.2 tot: -20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 26.43 Bulk Shear: 11.23 m/s