MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.21,-103.52 Latitude: 35.21 Longitude: -103.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 602 2 900 1084 SFC 886 1225 30.0 16.6 45 13.4 20.5 200 7 313.8 316.4 297.8 355.7 13.55 4 850 1587 22.8 14.1 58 8.8 16.9 207 9 310.1 312.3 295.8 346.5 11.95 5 800 2111 18.4 12.8 70 5.6 14.7 224 13 310.8 313.0 295.8 346.6 11.69 6 750 2664 16.5 9.8 64 6.7 12.1 253 13 314.5 316.5 295.8 346.3 10.20 7 700 3249 13.6 3.8 52 9.8 7.8 290 10 317.5 318.9 294.4 340.3 7.19 8 650 3868 8.9 -1.5 48 10.4 3.3 302 9 319.0 320.0 293.3 335.9 5.27 9 600 4524 3.1 -6.4 49 9.5 -1.4 316 10 319.7 320.5 292.4 332.6 3.94 10 550 5222 -2.4 -11.7 49 9.3 -6.2 312 15 321.3 321.8 291.9 330.7 2.84 11 500 5970 -7.3 -20.2 35 12.8 -11.5 309 18 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.4 1.54 12 450 6783 -11.9 -39.2 8 27.3 -17.1 304 18 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.28 13 400 7673 -17.9 -44.3 8 26.5 -21.8 310 25 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.19 14 350 8658 -24.6 -46.7 11 22.1 -27.2 310 32 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.16 15 300 9759 -33.5 -50.5 17 16.9 -34.9 305 34 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 16 250 11012 -42.7 -60.5 12 17.8 -43.4 287 36 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 17 200 12486 -51.7 -69.0 11 17.3 -52.1 287 31 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14296 -62.1 -80.9 6 18.8 -62.2 269 17 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16738 -69.3 -84.6 9 15.2 -69.4 111 10 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.94 m Freezing level: 571.64 mb = 4919.81 m = 16140.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.22 mb = 4318.95 m = 14169.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.70 mb = 2897.04 m = 9504.62 ft T: 15.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.27 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.77 mb = 3643.10 m = 11952.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 928.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.62 mb = 2794.00 m = 9166.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.62 mb = 4340.33 m = 14239.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.62 mb = 12051.09 m = 39537.22 ft B at Equ Level: 918.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.62 mb = 14992.72 m = 49188.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 29.47 Bulk Shear: 31.51 m/s