MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.93,-100.83 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 573 SFC 922 842 26.7 18.7 62 8.0 21.1 141 8 307.0 309.8 297.0 351.9 14.92 3 900 1054 27.0 17.8 57 9.3 20.5 153 21 309.4 312.1 297.3 353.1 14.37 4 850 1557 22.5 16.9 70 5.7 18.6 170 20 309.8 312.5 297.4 353.5 14.38 5 800 2082 17.7 15.9 89 1.8 16.5 187 19 310.0 312.7 297.4 353.8 14.36 6 750 2632 14.9 11.7 81 3.2 12.8 241 14 312.8 315.0 296.3 348.5 11.59 7 700 3216 13.6 -0.7 37 14.4 5.8 305 9 317.6 318.6 292.9 334.2 5.18 8 650 3834 8.7 -5.5 36 14.1 1.7 307 12 318.7 319.5 292.1 331.5 3.91 9 600 4489 3.6 -12.4 30 16.0 -3.1 315 16 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.46 10 550 5187 -2.0 -12.3 45 10.3 -6.2 319 20 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.7 2.70 11 500 5937 -7.3 -22.7 28 15.3 -12.0 305 22 324.1 324.4 291.3 328.4 1.24 12 450 6749 -12.3 -41.2 7 28.9 -17.4 287 19 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.23 13 400 7637 -18.5 -34.7 23 16.2 -21.6 287 30 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.8 0.50 14 350 8618 -25.3 -36.0 36 10.7 -27.1 287 48 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.5 0.50 15 300 9718 -33.3 -38.4 60 5.1 -33.9 291 48 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.3 0.46 16 250 10975 -42.5 -47.4 59 4.9 -42.9 295 45 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.7 0.21 17 200 12452 -51.1 -71.9 7 20.9 -51.5 285 53 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 14271 -63.4 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.5 292 37 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16728 -67.2 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.2 335 12 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.97 m Freezing level: 567.79 mb = 4938.83 m = 16203.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.51 mb = 4056.92 m = 13309.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.19 mb = 1866.06 m = 6122.17 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 25.30 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.56 mb = 2614.45 m = 8577.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1694.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.34 mb = 2217.71 m = 7275.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.34 mb = 3930.61 m = 12895.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.34 mb = 12698.90 m = 41662.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1689.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.3 neg: -5.1 tot: 180.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.95 Bulk Rich Number: 12.87 Bulk Shear: 131.66 m/s