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: 35.93,-101.15 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -101.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 567 SFC 916 891 25.9 18.3 63 7.6 20.5 147 6 306.7 309.4 296.8 350.6 14.61 3 900 1045 25.3 17.9 64 7.3 20.1 164 16 307.6 310.3 296.9 351.3 14.51 4 850 1546 22.3 17.1 73 5.2 18.7 182 24 309.5 312.2 297.5 353.9 14.60 5 800 2072 18.8 16.0 84 2.8 16.9 208 17 311.2 314.0 297.8 355.6 14.49 6 750 2624 15.2 14.0 92 1.2 14.4 258 15 313.1 315.7 297.7 354.8 13.50 7 700 3207 12.2 5.4 63 6.8 8.0 303 11 316.0 317.5 294.6 341.3 8.06 8 650 3823 7.8 -1.8 50 9.7 2.7 330 7 317.8 318.8 292.9 334.3 5.15 9 600 4477 2.0 -2.9 70 4.9 -0.6 307 8 318.4 319.4 293.0 334.9 5.14 10 550 5171 -4.2 -5.8 88 1.6 -5.0 277 8 319.1 320.0 292.7 333.7 4.50 11 500 5917 -8.4 -9.4 93 0.9 -8.8 254 17 322.7 323.5 293.1 335.2 3.76 12 450 6728 -13.1 -14.0 92 1.0 -13.5 261 29 326.8 327.4 293.4 336.6 2.87 13 400 7616 -18.6 -19.8 90 1.2 -19.0 277 35 330.8 331.2 293.7 337.7 1.98 14 350 8596 -25.8 -27.9 82 2.1 -26.2 288 41 334.0 334.2 293.9 338.0 1.10 15 300 9697 -33.6 -42.9 39 9.3 -34.6 294 49 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.2 0.29 16 250 10947 -44.1 -49.3 56 5.2 -44.5 302 48 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.17 17 200 12412 -51.5 -70.7 8 19.2 -51.8 287 51 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14243 -59.7 -77.7 8 18.0 -59.9 288 36 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16722 -67.6 -84.9 7 17.3 -67.7 335 8 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.37 m Freezing level: 584.09 mb = 4697.76 m = 15412.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.63 mb = 4360.22 m = 14305.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.76 mb = 1860.27 m = 6103.16 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.27 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.66 mb = 2650.44 m = 8695.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 41.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1984.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.57 mb = 2129.91 m = 6987.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.57 mb = 3576.64 m = 11734.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.57 mb = 12752.51 m = 41838.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1969.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.99 Bulk Rich Number: 37.16 Bulk Shear: 53.41 m/s