MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.12,-102.25 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -102.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 592 2 900 1075 SFC 889 1180 28.2 16.3 49 11.9 19.9 138 9 311.6 314.1 297.1 352.2 13.24 4 850 1580 23.7 14.7 57 9.0 17.5 141 10 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.3 12.50 5 800 2106 18.6 13.7 73 4.9 15.3 143 10 311.0 313.3 296.4 349.0 12.42 6 750 2655 13.4 11.3 87 2.1 12.0 147 10 311.2 313.3 295.7 345.8 11.31 7 700 3233 9.6 6.6 82 3.0 7.8 236 6 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.4 8.79 8 650 3846 6.1 3.2 82 2.9 4.4 292 9 315.8 317.3 294.1 339.2 7.42 9 600 4498 3.0 -2.7 66 5.7 0.0 329 9 319.6 320.6 293.4 336.4 5.23 10 550 5199 -0.4 -9.2 51 8.9 -4.4 337 13 323.6 324.3 293.1 335.1 3.45 11 500 5954 -5.3 -19.8 31 14.6 -10.2 325 16 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.1 1.58 12 450 6772 -10.6 -28.7 21 18.0 -15.3 311 19 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.8 0.80 13 400 7666 -16.5 -44.9 7 28.4 -20.8 284 24 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.18 14 350 8653 -24.6 -51.7 6 27.1 -27.4 297 25 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 15 300 9760 -32.0 -58.1 6 26.2 -33.8 294 39 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.05 16 250 11021 -41.5 -63.3 8 21.8 -42.4 275 38 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 17 200 12492 -53.0 -71.3 9 18.2 -53.4 260 33 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14312 -61.4 -81.9 5 20.5 -61.6 298 17 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16752 -70.7 -84.3 12 13.6 -70.8 175 5 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.03 m Freezing level: 555.72 mb = 5119.03 m = 16794.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.78 mb = 4501.05 m = 14767.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.22 mb = 2675.36 m = 8777.32 ft T: 13.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 20.10 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2758.61 m = 9050.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 40.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 891.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.21 mb = 2709.15 m = 8888.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.21 mb = 2879.46 m = 9446.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.21 mb = 12485.17 m = 40961.36 ft B at Equ Level: 890.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.21 mb = 15163.43 m = 49748.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.7 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 339.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 14.35 Bulk Shear: 62.14 m/s