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: 36.54,-101.07 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 587 SFC 920 873 25.4 19.6 71 5.7 21.3 264 6 305.7 308.7 297.3 353.2 15.85 3 900 1064 23.9 18.6 72 5.3 20.2 232 11 306.2 309.0 297.0 351.7 15.18 4 850 1562 20.4 17.5 84 2.9 18.4 216 18 307.5 310.3 297.2 352.6 14.96 5 800 2084 16.7 15.4 92 1.3 15.8 240 15 308.9 311.5 296.8 350.9 13.85 6 750 2632 12.7 11.7 94 0.9 12.1 271 12 310.3 312.5 295.7 345.9 11.64 7 700 3209 9.4 8.5 94 0.9 8.9 279 13 312.9 314.8 295.3 343.9 10.03 8 650 3821 5.6 4.2 91 1.4 4.8 310 8 315.3 316.9 294.4 340.4 8.00 9 600 4470 0.2 -0.4 96 0.6 -0.2 9 4 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.0 6.20 10 550 5162 -4.3 -5.1 94 0.8 -4.7 68 1 319.0 319.9 292.9 334.3 4.75 11 500 5908 -8.6 -9.7 92 1.1 -9.1 229 6 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.7 3.67 12 450 6719 -12.9 -14.5 88 1.6 -13.5 245 16 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.3 2.76 13 400 7608 -18.0 -20.0 84 2.0 -18.6 258 24 331.6 332.0 294.0 338.5 1.96 14 350 8593 -24.3 -26.8 80 2.5 -24.9 265 32 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.4 1.22 15 300 9697 -32.4 -35.3 75 2.9 -32.9 270 41 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.1 0.63 16 250 10956 -43.0 -46.3 70 3.3 -43.3 272 46 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.24 17 200 12413 -55.8 -60.0 59 4.2 -55.9 283 50 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14251 -57.5 -77.8 6 20.4 -57.7 278 26 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16739 -67.0 -86.4 5 19.4 -67.1 327 7 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.21 m Freezing level: 597.81 mb = 4500.42 m = 14764.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.58 mb = 4448.83 m = 14595.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.17 mb = 1601.26 m = 5253.43 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 18.29 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.02 mb = 2094.52 m = 6871.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.08 C K Index: 45.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1988.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.18 mb = 1859.29 m = 6099.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.18 mb = 2340.61 m = 7679.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.18 mb = 13223.21 m = 43382.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1947.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.18 mb = 16370.85 m = 53709.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 764.53 Bulk Shear: 2.60 m/s