MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.27,-100.36 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 565 SFC 925 806 31.1 18.7 48 12.4 22.2 164 12 311.1 313.9 298.0 356.6 14.87 3 900 1049 28.0 17.8 54 10.2 20.8 166 15 310.4 313.1 297.5 354.4 14.40 4 850 1553 23.2 16.8 67 6.4 18.7 169 16 310.4 313.1 297.5 354.2 14.33 5 800 2078 18.1 15.9 87 2.1 16.5 171 16 310.4 313.1 297.5 354.2 14.36 6 750 2628 13.8 11.8 87 2.1 12.4 215 13 311.6 313.8 296.0 347.3 11.64 7 700 3207 11.0 2.8 57 8.1 6.3 300 13 314.6 315.9 293.3 335.8 6.72 8 650 3824 8.7 -7.1 32 15.8 1.1 345 14 318.8 319.5 291.7 330.1 3.45 9 600 4479 3.4 -17.0 21 20.4 -4.3 332 14 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.8 1.68 10 550 5177 -0.9 -25.8 13 24.8 -8.4 310 19 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.85 11 500 5930 -6.2 -28.5 15 22.3 -12.1 297 19 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.73 12 450 6745 -12.2 -37.8 10 25.7 -17.1 300 24 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.33 13 400 7633 -17.7 -46.7 6 29.0 -21.8 305 38 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.14 14 350 8616 -25.6 -42.7 19 17.1 -27.8 304 47 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.3 0.25 15 300 9714 -34.2 -52.6 14 18.5 -35.5 294 47 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.10 16 250 10962 -44.3 -61.0 14 16.8 -44.9 290 45 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12428 -51.3 -72.1 7 20.8 -51.7 284 51 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14257 -61.4 -78.9 8 17.5 -61.6 287 38 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16724 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 253 6 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.76 m Freezing level: 560.65 mb = 5028.68 m = 16498.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.49 mb = 3957.46 m = 12983.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.32 mb = 2367.08 m = 7765.90 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 28.46 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.38 mb = 2432.79 m = 7981.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1989.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.85 mb = 2350.32 m = 7710.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.85 mb = 2516.88 m = 8257.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.85 mb = 13103.51 m = 42990.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1968.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.8 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 317.8 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 117.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 20.45 Bulk Shear: 97.25 m/s