MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.60,-101.62 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 611 SFC 912 973 30.0 15.1 40 14.9 19.7 123 5 311.2 313.5 296.1 347.7 11.89 3 900 1092 27.0 14.2 45 12.9 18.3 123 5 309.4 311.5 295.3 344.0 11.36 4 850 1593 21.9 12.7 56 9.1 15.8 129 5 309.1 311.1 294.9 342.4 10.95 5 800 2115 16.8 11.8 72 5.1 13.5 135 5 309.1 311.1 294.8 342.2 10.90 6 750 2661 13.3 1.0 43 12.3 6.6 182 4 311.0 312.0 291.2 328.1 5.49 7 700 3238 10.6 -4.2 35 14.8 3.2 288 1 314.2 315.0 290.9 327.0 4.01 8 650 3851 7.0 -20.4 12 27.4 -2.6 331 6 316.9 317.1 289.0 320.9 1.16 9 600 4503 2.9 -19.5 17 22.4 -5.0 340 11 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.36 10 550 5200 -2.0 -13.8 40 11.8 -6.7 312 7 321.7 322.2 291.6 329.8 2.40 11 500 5952 -6.3 -12.4 62 6.1 -8.8 287 10 325.4 326.0 293.2 335.4 2.96 12 450 6768 -11.0 -21.5 42 10.5 -14.3 302 17 329.4 329.7 293.0 334.8 1.53 13 400 7662 -17.1 -34.2 21 17.0 -20.6 282 20 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.7 0.53 14 350 8648 -24.5 -37.0 30 12.5 -26.5 262 25 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.5 0.46 15 300 9750 -33.1 -56.1 8 22.9 -34.7 272 32 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.06 16 250 11008 -41.5 -66.7 5 25.2 -42.4 265 38 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 17 200 12483 -51.8 -73.7 6 21.8 -52.2 252 31 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14305 -61.0 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.2 268 16 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16758 -69.8 -86.2 7 16.4 -69.8 178 7 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.22 m Freezing level: 570.41 mb = 4915.20 m = 16125.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.44 mb = 3570.16 m = 11712.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.03 mb = 2841.35 m = 9321.91 ft T: 12.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 26.79 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.48 mb = 3375.50 m = 11074.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.29 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.99 C K Index: 26.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.04 mb = 2739.36 m = 8987.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.04 mb = 4801.40 m = 15752.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.04 mb = 10274.40 m = 33708.25 ft B at Equ Level: 166.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.04 mb = 12222.50 m = 40099.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.0 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 337.0 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -1.4 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.39 Bulk Shear: 20.06 m/s