MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.87,-100.67 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 575 SFC 923 835 31.0 18.1 46 12.9 21.8 150 12 311.2 313.9 297.7 354.9 14.29 3 900 1058 28.0 17.2 52 10.8 20.4 153 14 310.4 313.0 297.2 352.8 13.89 4 850 1562 23.1 16.4 66 6.7 18.4 158 15 310.3 313.0 297.3 352.8 13.91 5 800 2087 18.0 15.3 84 2.7 16.1 164 15 310.3 312.9 297.1 352.4 13.78 6 750 2637 14.5 11.9 84 2.6 12.8 241 13 312.4 314.6 296.3 348.6 11.77 7 700 3219 12.1 6.5 68 5.7 8.6 293 13 315.9 317.6 295.1 343.2 8.69 8 650 3837 8.9 -4.5 38 13.4 2.1 327 19 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.6 4.21 9 600 4492 3.3 -9.1 40 12.4 -2.3 327 21 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.4 3.19 10 550 5190 -1.7 -15.2 35 13.5 -6.8 320 23 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.3 2.14 11 500 5941 -7.0 -16.9 45 9.8 -10.5 311 24 324.5 324.9 292.1 331.5 2.04 12 450 6755 -11.8 -35.4 12 23.7 -16.7 311 27 328.5 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.41 13 400 7645 -17.6 -45.0 7 27.4 -21.7 313 33 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.17 14 350 8629 -25.2 -46.9 11 21.7 -27.7 299 35 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.16 15 300 9729 -33.9 -52.5 14 18.6 -35.3 285 39 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.10 16 250 10981 -42.1 -61.0 11 18.9 -42.9 289 39 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12465 -50.8 -71.7 7 20.9 -51.2 274 45 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14284 -61.9 -80.8 6 18.9 -62.0 275 30 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16735 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 284 8 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.19 m Freezing level: 566.91 mb = 4953.98 m = 16253.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.44 mb = 4138.75 m = 13578.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.89 mb = 2458.31 m = 8065.22 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 23.46 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2676.59 m = 8781.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 40.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1582.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.60 mb = 2417.09 m = 7929.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.60 mb = 3904.79 m = 12810.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.60 mb = 12637.56 m = 41461.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1573.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.9 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 333.9 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 11.97 Bulk Shear: 132.19 m/s