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: 36.44,-101.41 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -101.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 564 SFC 910 948 27.2 18.1 57 9.2 20.8 141 9 308.6 311.3 297.2 352.6 14.50 3 900 1046 27.4 17.9 56 9.5 20.6 148 18 309.7 312.4 297.4 353.8 14.48 4 850 1550 23.9 16.7 64 7.2 18.8 172 22 311.2 313.9 297.7 354.8 14.22 5 800 2077 19.5 14.6 73 4.9 16.1 194 20 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.4 13.17 6 750 2629 15.0 12.7 86 2.3 13.4 222 20 312.8 315.2 296.8 351.0 12.38 7 700 3213 13.5 3.3 50 10.2 7.5 275 10 317.5 318.8 294.2 339.5 6.94 8 650 3832 9.1 -4.0 39 13.0 2.4 289 13 319.2 320.1 292.6 333.4 4.38 9 600 4488 3.5 -6.5 48 9.9 -1.3 302 14 320.1 320.9 292.5 333.0 3.93 10 550 5186 -2.4 -9.0 60 6.6 -5.3 304 15 321.3 322.0 292.5 332.9 3.52 11 500 5935 -8.4 -16.5 52 8.1 -11.3 290 17 322.8 323.2 291.7 329.9 2.11 12 450 6742 -14.3 -18.7 69 4.4 -15.7 272 20 325.2 325.6 292.2 331.9 1.94 13 400 7628 -18.2 -20.6 82 2.4 -18.9 294 35 331.3 331.7 293.8 337.9 1.86 14 350 8609 -25.8 -28.5 78 2.7 -26.4 302 48 333.9 334.2 293.7 337.7 1.04 15 300 9710 -33.0 -36.1 74 3.1 -33.4 295 51 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.1 0.58 16 250 10967 -42.3 -45.9 68 3.5 -42.6 296 53 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.25 17 200 12440 -52.4 -58.2 50 5.8 -52.7 299 59 349.7 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.07 18 150 14261 -62.3 -83.0 5 20.6 -62.5 286 30 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16726 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.4 -67.1 322 9 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.71 m Freezing level: 570.30 mb = 4902.80 m = 16085.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.73 mb = 4249.20 m = 13940.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.24 mb = 2117.58 m = 6947.34 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 24.82 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.94 mb = 3081.92 m = 10111.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.83 C = 94.70 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.33 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 38.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 565.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1964.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.49 mb = 2420.98 m = 7942.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.49 mb = 3914.39 m = 12842.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.49 mb = 12985.11 m = 42601.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1963.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -138.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 194.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.43 Bulk Rich Number: 20.71 Bulk Shear: 94.86 m/s