MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 28.91,-108.86 Latitude: 28.91 Longitude: -108.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 584 2 900 1073 SFC 885 1220 33.6 14.8 32 18.8 20.5 324 2 317.7 320.0 297.8 355.5 12.05 4 850 1584 27.9 12.9 40 15.0 17.7 359 1 315.3 317.5 296.6 349.8 11.04 5 800 2117 22.5 11.5 50 11.1 15.1 45 1 315.2 317.2 296.3 348.5 10.69 6 750 2673 17.5 8.2 54 9.3 11.6 104 5 315.6 317.4 295.3 344.3 9.17 7 700 3258 12.8 4.2 56 8.5 7.7 101 8 316.6 318.1 294.3 340.1 7.43 8 650 3875 7.5 1.9 67 5.6 4.3 100 10 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.0 6.77 9 600 4529 2.7 -2.1 70 4.8 0.1 107 13 319.2 320.3 293.5 336.8 5.45 10 550 5227 -1.8 -8.7 59 6.9 -4.9 111 18 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.9 3.60 11 500 5980 -5.9 -11.6 64 5.7 -8.2 100 16 325.9 326.5 293.4 336.5 3.15 12 450 6798 -10.6 -24.0 32 13.4 -14.5 70 17 329.9 330.2 292.9 334.3 1.22 13 400 7693 -16.2 -38.4 13 22.2 -20.3 66 24 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.34 14 350 8682 -23.5 -44.1 13 20.6 -26.3 61 19 337.1 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.22 15 300 9790 -31.8 -51.1 13 19.3 -33.5 49 16 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.12 16 250 11051 -42.1 -60.1 12 18.0 -42.8 50 18 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.05 17 200 12520 -53.6 -65.3 23 11.7 -53.8 46 21 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14314 -66.0 -75.1 27 9.1 -66.1 85 25 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16723 -71.9 -84.8 13 13.0 -71.9 90 20 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.07 m Freezing level: 569.90 mb = 4949.47 m = 16238.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.64 mb = 4547.53 m = 14919.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.56 mb = 3566.54 m = 11701.09 ft T: 10.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 21.69 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.23 mb = 3682.47 m = 12081.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.72 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 979.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.56 mb = 3505.07 m = 11499.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.56 mb = 3817.10 m = 12523.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.56 mb = 13020.78 m = 42718.58 ft B at Equ Level: 973.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.56 mb = 15915.12 m = 52214.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 125.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 52.15 Bulk Shear: 18.78 m/s