MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.69,-101.50 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 551 SFC 909 950 28.4 15.5 46 12.9 19.5 159 9 309.9 312.2 296.1 347.4 12.29 3 900 1035 28.6 15.4 45 13.2 19.5 165 18 311.0 313.3 296.4 348.7 12.32 4 850 1541 25.1 14.1 51 11.0 17.6 183 23 312.5 314.7 296.5 349.5 12.01 5 800 2069 20.4 13.0 63 7.3 15.4 199 21 312.8 315.1 296.5 349.4 11.87 6 750 2622 15.9 11.6 76 4.3 13.0 219 20 313.8 316.0 296.5 349.4 11.49 7 700 3207 13.9 -0.7 37 14.6 5.9 268 9 317.9 318.9 293.0 334.6 5.21 8 650 3826 8.9 -6.1 34 15.0 1.6 278 10 319.1 319.8 292.0 331.2 3.73 9 600 4481 3.2 -10.6 35 13.8 -2.8 290 11 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.3 2.84 10 550 5178 -2.5 -11.2 52 8.6 -6.2 296 11 321.1 321.6 292.0 330.9 2.96 11 500 5927 -7.9 -16.7 49 8.8 -11.1 294 13 323.4 323.8 291.8 330.4 2.06 12 450 6736 -13.8 -19.6 61 5.8 -15.6 285 18 325.9 326.2 292.3 332.0 1.79 13 400 7620 -19.4 -21.9 80 2.6 -20.1 280 27 329.8 330.2 293.2 335.6 1.65 14 350 8600 -26.4 -30.5 68 4.1 -27.2 285 40 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.3 0.86 15 300 9694 -35.1 -39.3 65 4.2 -35.5 284 44 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.42 16 250 10940 -44.4 -49.4 57 5.0 -44.7 292 45 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.17 17 200 12408 -50.2 -72.2 6 22.0 -50.7 287 55 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14247 -59.9 -76.9 9 17.0 -60.1 282 32 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16723 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.7 323 7 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.28 m Freezing level: 572.06 mb = 4870.66 m = 15979.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.78 mb = 4058.54 m = 13315.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.24 mb = 2585.49 m = 8482.49 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 20.20 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.33 mb = 3631.11 m = 11912.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.94 C = 98.50 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1431.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.10 mb = 2861.97 m = 9389.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.10 mb = 4290.86 m = 14077.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.10 mb = 11959.87 m = 39237.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1424.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.10 mb = 15404.59 m = 50539.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.7 neg: -5.4 tot: 144.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 23.65 Bulk Shear: 60.53 m/s