MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.78,-101.87 Latitude: 35.78 Longitude: -101.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 539 2 900 1022 SFC 897 1055 28.0 18.4 56 9.5 21.1 131 10 310.6 313.5 298.0 356.6 15.04 4 850 1525 22.8 17.1 70 5.8 18.8 137 11 310.1 312.8 297.5 354.4 14.54 5 800 2051 18.3 15.8 86 2.5 16.6 184 10 310.7 313.4 297.5 354.3 14.29 6 750 2602 16.2 11.0 71 5.2 12.8 286 10 314.2 316.3 296.3 348.6 11.08 7 700 3187 14.2 -2.9 31 17.0 5.2 327 15 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.5 4.43 8 650 3806 9.2 -7.7 30 16.8 1.2 318 18 319.3 320.0 291.7 330.2 3.30 9 600 4462 3.3 -10.7 35 14.0 -2.8 305 19 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.81 10 550 5158 -3.2 -12.9 47 9.7 -7.1 303 21 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.8 2.57 11 500 5903 -9.0 -20.9 38 11.8 -12.7 320 33 322.1 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.45 12 450 6711 -13.9 -28.9 27 14.9 -17.5 319 40 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.5 0.78 13 400 7593 -20.3 -44.1 10 23.8 -23.6 316 45 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.19 14 350 8568 -26.9 -54.9 5 28.0 -29.3 321 57 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.06 15 300 9663 -33.9 -55.8 9 21.9 -35.4 328 73 337.5 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.07 16 250 10917 -42.2 -62.8 9 20.6 -43.0 332 79 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12393 -52.2 -71.4 8 19.2 -52.6 326 76 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14218 -59.7 -81.3 4 21.6 -59.9 313 42 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16697 -67.1 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 357 11 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.90 m Freezing level: 574.73 mb = 4813.98 m = 15793.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.05 mb = 3996.89 m = 13112.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.55 mb = 2260.81 m = 7417.26 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 29.55 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3201.19 m = 10502.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.27 C = 95.49 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -7.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 26.07 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2268.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.26 mb = 2285.86 m = 7499.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.26 mb = 3891.60 m = 12767.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.26 mb = 12947.27 m = 42477.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2260.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.3 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 342.3 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 143.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.99 Bulk Rich Number: 17.23 Bulk Shear: 131.63 m/s