MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.98,-95.80 Latitude: 34.98 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 215 25.0 21.6 82 3.3 22.6 76 2 298.9 302.0 296.1 347.4 16.63 2 950 578 21.6 20.0 91 1.6 20.5 69 3 299.1 302.0 295.5 345.0 15.71 3 900 1045 18.4 16.8 90 1.7 17.3 343 8 300.5 303.0 294.3 340.0 13.46 4 850 1534 14.9 11.4 80 3.4 12.7 344 14 301.7 303.6 292.1 331.4 10.04 5 800 2044 12.8 4.8 58 8.1 8.2 337 12 304.8 306.1 290.3 325.2 6.73 6 750 2585 11.6 -2.7 37 14.3 4.4 331 14 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.3 4.19 7 700 3159 8.3 -1.9 49 10.2 3.1 323 17 311.7 312.6 290.7 326.6 4.76 8 650 3766 4.8 -9.6 34 14.5 -1.4 316 19 314.4 315.0 289.9 323.6 2.83 9 600 4414 1.5 -12.6 34 14.1 -4.3 314 24 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.8 2.42 10 550 5109 -3.0 -15.5 37 12.5 -7.7 306 27 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.6 2.08 11 500 5856 -7.8 -19.5 38 11.7 -11.6 288 30 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.2 1.64 12 450 6668 -12.5 -37.2 11 24.7 -17.3 281 34 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 13 400 7557 -17.3 -48.1 5 30.8 -21.5 285 45 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.12 14 350 8548 -22.0 -58.9 2 37.0 -25.5 281 58 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 15 300 9662 -31.0 -45.3 23 14.2 -32.6 280 66 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.22 16 250 10926 -42.1 -49.2 45 7.2 -42.5 286 73 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.3 0.17 17 200 12393 -53.6 -67.2 17 13.6 -53.8 274 60 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14195 -63.3 -77.8 12 14.4 -63.4 290 58 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16646 -70.3 -83.9 12 13.6 -70.4 307 32 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.17 m Freezing level: 583.34 mb = 4645.75 m = 15241.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.01 mb = 3566.62 m = 11701.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.27 mb = 639.25 m = 2097.25 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 25.14 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1030.48 m = 3380.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.48 C = 79.66 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 23.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.18 mb = 919.76 m = 3017.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.18 mb = 1158.40 m = 3800.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 748.18 mb = 2605.43 m = 8547.88 ft B at Equ Level: 44.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.18 mb = 13116.66 m = 43033.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.1 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 344.1 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -8.9 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.68 Bulk Shear: 49.36 m/s