MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.00,-100.24 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -100.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 SFC 960 548 24.5 21.5 84 3.0 22.3 96 5 301.2 304.3 297.0 351.5 17.09 2 950 638 24.9 20.9 78 4.0 22.0 101 12 302.5 305.5 297.0 351.5 16.56 3 900 1112 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 103 14 303.4 306.3 296.5 349.5 15.54 4 850 1605 17.5 16.6 94 0.9 17.0 85 7 304.5 307.2 295.9 346.7 14.15 5 800 2123 16.3 9.4 64 6.9 12.0 335 10 308.5 310.3 293.5 336.8 9.31 6 750 2670 14.5 1.8 42 12.7 7.3 334 15 312.3 313.4 291.8 330.4 5.80 7 700 3249 10.4 -3.9 36 14.3 3.2 319 11 314.0 314.8 290.9 327.1 4.10 8 650 3860 5.7 -6.3 42 12.1 0.0 309 8 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.2 3.66 9 600 4510 2.1 -10.0 40 12.1 -3.1 316 6 318.5 319.1 291.2 328.3 2.98 10 550 5207 -1.5 -10.6 50 9.1 -5.5 350 8 322.2 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.09 11 500 5960 -6.2 -14.2 53 8.0 -9.3 348 11 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.1 2.54 12 450 6777 -11.1 -20.0 48 8.9 -14.0 327 9 329.3 329.7 293.2 335.4 1.74 13 400 7670 -16.8 -37.0 16 20.3 -20.6 307 15 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.40 14 350 8659 -23.1 -53.1 5 30.0 -26.2 298 18 337.6 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.08 15 300 9770 -31.0 -44.8 25 13.7 -32.6 307 26 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.6 0.24 16 250 11037 -41.1 -57.4 16 16.2 -41.9 302 23 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.07 17 200 12512 -51.9 -71.0 8 19.1 -52.3 266 20 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 14332 -63.6 -79.9 9 16.4 -63.7 346 8 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16760 -70.2 -85.3 9 15.1 -70.2 49 4 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.81 m Freezing level: 571.24 mb = 4911.06 m = 16112.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.69 mb = 3863.78 m = 12676.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.51 mb = 923.85 m = 3030.96 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 24.39 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1482.89 m = 4865.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 26.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 850.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.34 mb = 1351.38 m = 4433.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.34 mb = 3244.71 m = 10645.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.34 mb = 12178.62 m = 39955.61 ft B at Equ Level: 847.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.34 mb = 15651.07 m = 51348.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.3 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 18.3 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -42.4 tot: -33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 19.84 Bulk Shear: 42.84 m/s