MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-105.79 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -105.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 -0 28.9 25.4 81 3.5 26.3 327 11 300.7 304.5 298.9 361.1 20.47 1 1000 129 27.5 24.5 84 3.0 25.3 327 11 300.7 304.3 298.5 358.8 19.75 2 950 584 24.8 16.2 59 8.6 18.9 339 12 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.7 12.29 3 900 1057 23.0 13.1 54 9.8 16.5 337 15 305.2 307.1 293.6 336.9 10.61 4 850 1553 20.1 10.0 52 10.1 13.7 342 11 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.7 9.10 5 800 2073 16.7 10.2 65 6.5 12.6 36 11 309.0 310.8 294.0 338.9 9.83 6 750 2620 12.7 8.5 76 4.1 10.1 89 10 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.0 9.36 7 700 3196 9.1 1.4 58 7.7 4.9 103 15 312.6 313.7 292.2 331.5 6.05 8 650 3807 5.7 -1.2 61 7.0 2.1 105 15 315.5 316.5 292.4 332.5 5.38 9 600 4457 1.2 -3.3 72 4.5 -1.1 104 13 317.5 318.4 292.7 333.5 5.00 10 550 5151 -3.6 -6.8 78 3.2 -5.1 132 9 319.8 320.6 292.6 333.4 4.18 11 500 5899 -6.5 -19.4 35 12.8 -10.9 115 15 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.8 1.65 12 450 6719 -9.0 -33.5 12 24.5 -14.8 108 17 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.8 0.50 13 400 7621 -14.6 -33.1 19 18.4 -18.7 96 14 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.2 0.59 14 350 8615 -22.2 -36.6 26 14.4 -24.8 91 10 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.7 0.48 15 300 9729 -31.4 -46.3 22 14.9 -32.9 76 4 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.20 16 250 10989 -42.1 -50.3 41 8.2 -42.6 59 10 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.1 0.15 17 200 12458 -54.5 -58.5 62 3.9 -54.6 350 11 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14232 -68.9 -72.9 56 4.0 -68.9 353 11 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 19 100 16632 -71.3 -87.4 7 16.1 -71.4 68 12 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.62 m Freezing level: 587.75 mb = 4626.74 m = 15179.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.28 mb = 4226.16 m = 13865.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.15 % Est. max temperature: 34.71 C = 94.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.11 mb = 444.08 m = 1456.92 ft T: 25.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 26.33 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2094.14 m = 6870.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.18 C = 98.93 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 378.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.99 mb = 1242.55 m = 4076.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.99 mb = 3007.45 m = 9866.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.99 mb = 6960.80 m = 22836.98 ft B at Equ Level: 257.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.99 mb = 14812.08 m = 48595.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 105.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.96 Bulk Shear: 47.53 m/s