MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.26,-102.55 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -102.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 506 2 900 997 SFC 884 1158 32.4 19.1 45 13.3 22.6 97 11 316.5 319.6 299.9 366.3 15.90 4 850 1510 28.4 17.7 52 10.7 20.7 101 12 315.9 318.8 299.3 363.3 15.19 5 800 2045 23.1 16.7 67 6.4 18.5 106 11 315.8 318.7 299.2 363.0 15.12 6 750 2605 19.1 13.6 71 5.4 15.3 212 5 317.3 319.8 298.4 358.7 13.20 7 700 3194 14.7 6.6 58 8.0 9.6 280 11 318.7 320.4 295.9 346.6 8.79 8 650 3815 9.8 -1.6 45 11.4 3.7 294 13 320.0 321.0 293.6 336.9 5.23 9 600 4473 3.6 -5.1 53 8.7 -0.7 292 15 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.5 4.36 10 550 5171 -2.1 -15.9 34 13.8 -7.3 300 18 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.3 2.01 11 500 5921 -6.1 -41.3 4 35.2 -13.0 320 29 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.20 12 450 6736 -12.3 -29.2 23 16.8 -16.4 319 40 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.5 0.76 13 400 7623 -18.6 -45.7 7 27.1 -22.4 318 43 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 14 350 8608 -24.8 -44.7 14 19.9 -27.3 327 54 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.20 15 300 9709 -33.6 -51.4 15 17.8 -35.0 329 58 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.5 0.11 16 250 10961 -43.2 -59.3 15 16.0 -43.9 333 60 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 17 200 12431 -52.1 -70.2 10 18.1 -52.4 327 57 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14245 -61.8 -79.2 8 17.4 -62.0 303 31 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16698 -69.2 -85.6 8 16.4 -69.2 336 7 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.41 m Freezing level: 568.60 mb = 4911.08 m = 16112.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.88 mb = 4365.69 m = 14322.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.75 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.30 mb = 2843.63 m = 9329.39 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 39.92 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.78 mb = 3184.26 m = 10446.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -7.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 44.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3491.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.29 mb = 2867.15 m = 9406.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.29 mb = 3408.72 m = 11183.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.29 mb = 14564.22 m = 47782.29 ft B at Equ Level: 3445.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.1 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 341.1 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 140.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 30.92 Bulk Shear: 112.92 m/s