MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.23,-102.70 Latitude: 34.23 Longitude: -102.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 545 2 900 1019 SFC 884 1175 20.9 18.2 84 2.7 19.0 91 16 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.4 15.03 4 850 1514 20.3 16.7 80 3.6 17.8 104 35 307.4 310.1 296.7 350.4 14.25 5 800 2040 21.7 10.5 49 11.2 14.4 180 21 314.3 316.2 295.6 345.4 10.02 6 750 2599 19.6 7.4 45 12.2 11.9 243 8 317.8 319.5 295.6 345.2 8.65 7 700 3187 14.9 2.6 43 12.3 7.7 304 10 319.0 320.3 294.3 340.1 6.61 8 650 3808 9.0 3.1 66 5.9 5.5 294 16 319.2 320.6 295.0 342.7 7.39 9 600 4465 3.6 -1.5 70 5.0 0.8 316 19 320.2 321.4 294.0 338.7 5.73 10 550 5165 -2.2 -10.2 54 8.0 -5.7 329 26 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.0 3.20 11 500 5912 -8.7 -17.0 51 8.3 -11.6 357 33 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.3 2.02 12 450 6720 -12.2 -41.2 7 29.1 -17.3 0 33 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.23 13 400 7614 -16.5 -47.2 5 30.7 -20.9 348 41 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 14 350 8602 -24.5 -51.6 6 27.1 -27.3 356 42 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.09 15 300 9703 -33.7 -56.8 8 23.1 -35.2 348 49 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.06 16 250 10957 -42.6 -62.9 9 20.3 -43.4 347 40 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12430 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.0 323 32 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14249 -63.0 -78.2 11 15.2 -63.1 305 26 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16696 -69.6 -84.8 9 15.2 -69.7 36 10 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.21 m Freezing level: 569.19 mb = 4896.23 m = 16063.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.54 mb = 4552.31 m = 14935.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.15 % Est. max temperature: 34.02 C = 93.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.29 mb = 1521.50 m = 4991.73 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.67 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.29 mb = 3588.49 m = 11773.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.91 C = 94.84 F Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 957.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 320.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.61 mb = 2522.55 m = 8276.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.61 mb = 4443.30 m = 14577.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.61 mb = 12057.62 m = 39558.62 ft B at Equ Level: 945.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.61 mb = 15037.73 m = 49335.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.4 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 13.4 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 602.3 neg: -45.6 tot: 556.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.7 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.37 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 263.11 m/s