MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.87,-100.83 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 583 SFC 921 856 21.4 20.6 96 0.7 20.9 153 6 301.6 304.7 296.9 351.3 16.87 3 900 1055 20.6 18.7 89 1.8 19.3 155 12 302.7 305.5 296.2 348.0 15.30 4 850 1548 17.9 14.2 79 3.7 15.4 128 7 304.9 307.1 294.6 341.0 12.08 5 800 2065 15.3 11.6 79 3.7 12.9 47 5 307.4 309.5 294.3 340.0 10.77 6 750 2610 12.3 9.2 81 3.1 10.4 13 10 310.0 311.8 294.3 339.9 9.81 7 700 3186 8.9 6.5 85 2.5 7.4 2 15 312.4 314.0 294.1 339.2 8.68 8 650 3797 5.1 3.6 90 1.5 4.2 354 16 314.7 316.2 294.0 338.8 7.67 9 600 4446 1.1 0.8 98 0.3 1.0 344 15 317.4 318.7 294.0 338.9 6.78 10 550 5144 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.5 -2.3 324 12 321.6 322.8 294.4 340.4 5.79 11 500 5897 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 289 12 326.0 326.9 294.7 341.6 4.72 12 450 6717 -10.2 -11.2 93 1.0 -10.6 259 15 330.4 331.1 295.0 342.7 3.62 13 400 7615 -15.4 -16.9 89 1.4 -16.0 247 22 334.9 335.4 295.3 343.9 2.55 14 350 8610 -22.1 -24.0 85 1.9 -22.6 247 30 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.7 1.58 15 300 9725 -30.7 -33.0 80 2.3 -31.1 251 38 342.2 342.3 295.6 345.2 0.79 16 250 10991 -41.5 -44.4 73 2.9 -41.8 259 45 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.6 0.29 17 200 12461 -54.5 -58.3 63 3.8 -54.6 276 51 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.07 18 150 14256 -59.9 -76.3 10 16.4 -60.1 290 50 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16751 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -65.9 352 11 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.65 m Freezing level: 582.62 mb = 4688.77 m = 15382.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.41 mb = 4643.67 m = 15234.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.08 mb = 948.15 m = 3110.69 ft T: 21.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2131.16 m = 6991.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.67 mb = 1682.43 m = 5519.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.67 mb = 3166.19 m = 10387.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.67 mb = 7395.73 m = 24263.91 ft B at Equ Level: 143.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.67 mb = 12087.22 m = 39655.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.9 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 3.9 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -37.8 tot: -37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 60.84 m/s