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: 36.95,-100.99 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -100.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 570 SFC 919 868 27.7 18.2 56 9.5 20.9 145 8 308.2 310.9 297.0 351.9 14.44 3 900 1052 27.3 17.6 55 9.7 20.4 157 18 309.6 312.3 297.3 352.8 14.19 4 850 1555 22.7 16.6 68 6.1 18.4 175 20 310.0 312.6 297.3 352.9 14.11 5 800 2079 17.9 15.6 86 2.4 16.3 190 19 310.3 312.9 297.3 353.1 14.04 6 750 2630 14.7 12.5 87 2.2 13.3 239 18 312.5 314.9 296.7 350.3 12.27 7 700 3213 13.4 1.3 44 12.1 6.6 277 11 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.5 6.02 8 650 3831 8.6 -3.1 44 11.6 2.5 283 15 318.6 319.6 292.7 333.8 4.69 9 600 4486 3.2 -12.6 30 15.9 -3.4 297 14 319.8 320.3 291.1 327.9 2.41 10 550 5183 -2.6 -9.4 60 6.8 -5.6 304 16 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.3 3.42 11 500 5931 -8.6 -17.8 47 9.2 -11.8 297 16 322.5 322.9 291.4 328.9 1.88 12 450 6737 -14.5 -22.0 53 7.5 -16.6 273 17 325.1 325.3 291.7 330.1 1.46 13 400 7620 -19.7 -22.2 80 2.5 -20.4 275 25 329.4 329.8 293.1 335.1 1.61 14 350 8602 -25.4 -28.0 78 2.7 -25.9 277 37 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.5 1.09 15 300 9701 -33.7 -36.8 74 3.0 -34.1 273 42 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.55 16 250 10953 -43.2 -46.7 68 3.5 -43.5 278 43 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.8 0.23 17 200 12420 -53.9 -57.9 61 4.0 -54.0 292 50 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.08 18 150 14250 -61.5 -80.2 7 18.6 -61.7 276 26 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16726 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 338 11 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.63 m Freezing level: 572.42 mb = 4870.73 m = 15979.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.69 mb = 4103.96 m = 13464.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.08 mb = 2078.64 m = 6819.61 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 25.22 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.00 mb = 2629.61 m = 8627.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.90 C = 89.43 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1994.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.06 mb = 2294.59 m = 7528.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.06 mb = 3893.60 m = 12774.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.06 mb = 13267.17 m = 43526.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1969.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.8 neg: -2.8 tot: 175.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.18 Bulk Rich Number: 23.39 Bulk Shear: 85.28 m/s