MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.73,-100.91 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 569 SFC 914 908 24.7 18.2 67 6.5 20.1 160 9 305.6 308.3 296.4 349.1 14.52 3 900 1046 25.1 17.8 64 7.3 19.9 169 22 307.4 310.1 296.8 350.7 14.37 4 850 1547 21.9 16.8 73 5.0 18.4 182 25 309.1 311.8 297.2 352.6 14.35 5 800 2072 18.6 15.9 85 2.7 16.7 209 17 310.9 313.7 297.7 354.9 14.36 6 750 2624 15.5 12.4 82 3.1 13.4 267 14 313.4 315.7 296.8 351.1 12.18 7 700 3208 13.3 -0.9 38 14.2 5.6 327 8 317.2 318.2 292.7 333.6 5.13 8 650 3826 8.5 -4.9 38 13.4 1.8 332 9 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.9 4.10 9 600 4480 2.8 -6.0 52 8.8 -1.4 316 13 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.6 4.06 10 550 5176 -3.2 -9.3 62 6.2 -5.9 306 14 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.6 3.42 11 500 5924 -8.3 -14.5 61 6.2 -10.6 280 18 323.0 323.5 292.1 331.4 2.49 12 450 6732 -13.8 -16.2 82 2.4 -14.7 271 23 325.9 326.3 292.8 334.0 2.40 13 400 7618 -19.2 -21.3 84 2.1 -19.8 285 30 330.0 330.3 293.3 336.1 1.75 14 350 8598 -25.8 -35.0 42 9.2 -27.3 290 42 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 15 300 9698 -33.8 -51.2 16 17.4 -35.1 294 47 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.11 16 250 10948 -44.0 -53.2 36 9.1 -44.5 300 40 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.11 17 200 12414 -51.4 -72.5 6 21.1 -51.8 286 50 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14242 -60.3 -79.9 6 19.7 -60.4 287 34 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16719 -67.6 -84.7 7 17.1 -67.7 328 7 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.25 m Freezing level: 576.57 mb = 4806.29 m = 15768.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.02 mb = 4185.28 m = 13731.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.06 mb = 1742.44 m = 5716.60 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 22.97 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2929.27 m = 9610.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.26 C = 93.67 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 32.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 543.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1814.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.54 mb = 2119.96 m = 6955.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.54 mb = 3945.43 m = 12944.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.54 mb = 12721.61 m = 41737.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1792.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.54 mb = 16107.00 m = 52843.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.7 neg: -3.3 tot: 165.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.91 Bulk Rich Number: 18.48 Bulk Shear: 98.19 m/s