MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 18.65,-106.89 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 -1 29.1 24.1 75 5.0 25.4 344 6 300.9 304.4 298.0 356.7 18.95 1 1000 139 27.8 23.1 76 4.6 24.4 343 7 300.9 304.2 297.5 354.2 18.11 2 950 594 23.3 21.8 91 1.5 22.2 343 7 300.9 304.1 297.2 352.5 17.57 3 900 1065 20.7 19.0 90 1.7 19.5 14 5 302.9 305.7 296.4 349.0 15.59 4 850 1558 18.4 15.0 81 3.3 16.1 79 3 305.4 307.8 295.1 343.5 12.75 5 800 2077 15.7 12.6 82 3.1 13.7 116 4 307.9 310.1 295.0 342.8 11.53 6 750 2623 12.6 10.7 88 1.9 11.4 116 7 310.3 312.3 295.1 343.5 10.87 7 700 3200 9.5 7.0 85 2.5 8.0 115 12 313.0 314.7 294.6 341.0 9.04 8 650 3812 5.9 4.2 89 1.7 4.9 122 13 315.7 317.2 294.5 340.7 7.97 9 600 4464 2.4 0.6 88 1.7 1.4 123 13 318.8 320.1 294.4 340.2 6.69 10 550 5163 -1.5 -3.0 89 1.5 -2.3 133 11 322.4 323.5 294.4 340.6 5.59 11 500 5917 -5.7 -7.7 86 2.0 -6.7 141 8 326.0 326.9 294.4 340.3 4.28 12 450 6736 -10.6 -15.6 66 5.1 -12.5 126 6 330.0 330.5 294.0 338.7 2.52 13 400 7634 -15.7 -20.1 69 4.4 -17.1 39 5 334.6 335.0 294.7 341.5 1.94 14 350 8626 -22.4 -26.1 72 3.7 -23.3 26 8 338.6 338.8 295.1 343.3 1.30 15 300 9739 -31.1 -35.9 63 4.8 -31.9 358 11 341.5 341.6 295.2 343.8 0.59 16 250 11004 -41.3 -45.6 63 4.3 -41.7 7 8 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.7 0.26 17 200 12476 -53.8 -59.3 51 5.5 -53.9 40 5 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.9 0.06 18 150 14262 -68.1 -74.0 43 5.8 -68.2 22 9 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 19 100 16660 -72.8 -85.8 12 13.0 -72.8 111 18 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.97 m Freezing level: 569.07 mb = 4896.48 m = 16064.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.18 mb = 4720.16 m = 15485.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.80 C = 91.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.54 mb = 634.78 m = 2082.59 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 991.25 m = 3252.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1516.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.78 mb = 809.27 m = 2655.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.78 mb = 1540.25 m = 5053.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.78 mb = 14188.62 m = 46550.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1513.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.0 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 145.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 56.86 Bulk Shear: 26.67 m/s