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: 36.80,-101.71 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 540 SFC 901 1022 32.5 14.5 34 18.0 20.1 182 13 315.0 317.2 296.9 351.2 11.64 3 900 1028 31.8 14.2 35 17.5 19.7 182 13 314.2 316.4 296.5 349.6 11.40 4 850 1537 26.6 13.2 43 13.5 17.5 186 17 314.1 316.2 296.4 349.0 11.27 5 800 2068 21.5 12.3 56 9.2 15.3 189 17 314.1 316.2 296.4 349.2 11.32 6 750 2623 16.1 10.9 71 5.2 12.7 192 16 314.1 316.2 296.2 348.1 10.98 7 700 3207 14.0 -1.5 34 15.5 5.6 297 8 318.0 319.0 292.7 333.8 4.91 8 650 3826 9.0 -6.0 34 15.1 1.7 309 11 319.2 319.9 292.1 331.4 3.75 9 600 4482 3.8 -14.8 24 18.5 -3.6 310 15 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.3 2.02 10 550 5181 -1.6 -15.4 34 13.8 -6.9 306 19 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.3 2.09 11 500 5932 -6.9 -22.2 28 15.3 -11.7 296 22 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.29 12 450 6744 -12.9 -31.5 19 18.6 -17.1 300 28 327.0 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.61 13 400 7630 -18.6 -40.6 13 22.0 -22.1 299 37 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.28 14 350 8610 -26.3 -37.4 34 11.1 -28.0 298 49 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.44 15 300 9706 -34.3 -39.4 60 5.0 -35.0 284 54 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.6 0.42 16 250 10953 -44.4 -53.1 37 8.7 -44.8 289 51 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.6 0.11 17 200 12420 -50.1 -73.5 5 23.3 -50.6 284 55 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14253 -60.5 -79.6 6 19.2 -60.6 285 35 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16726 -66.9 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 293 3 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.92 m Freezing level: 564.93 mb = 4972.34 m = 16313.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.26 mb = 4027.21 m = 13212.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.28 mb = 3275.90 m = 10747.57 ft T: 13.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 21.90 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.05 mb = 3800.07 m = 12467.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.56 C = 97.81 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1262.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.05 mb = 3230.66 m = 10599.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.05 mb = 4305.80 m = 14126.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.05 mb = 12004.51 m = 39384.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1252.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.05 mb = 15461.06 m = 50724.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: -8.5 tot: 54.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 16.72 Bulk Shear: 75.54 m/s