MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.92,-101.62 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 566 SFC 903 1021 27.8 17.8 54 10.0 20.6 140 14 309.9 312.6 297.4 353.4 14.31 3 900 1049 28.0 17.6 53 10.4 20.6 140 16 310.4 313.1 297.4 353.8 14.23 4 850 1554 24.3 16.5 62 7.8 18.8 158 28 311.6 314.3 297.6 354.6 14.01 5 800 2082 20.3 15.4 73 4.9 16.9 183 23 312.8 315.4 297.8 355.5 13.87 6 750 2636 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.4 201 22 313.1 315.6 297.7 355.0 13.60 7 700 3219 11.8 6.9 72 4.9 8.8 261 16 315.5 317.2 295.1 343.5 8.94 8 650 3837 9.5 -5.9 33 15.4 1.9 300 17 319.7 320.4 292.3 332.0 3.78 9 600 4494 4.4 -9.1 37 13.5 -1.8 312 19 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.7 3.19 10 550 5196 -0.4 -18.2 25 17.8 -6.8 317 22 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.3 1.66 11 500 5951 -4.8 -27.3 15 22.5 -11.2 312 18 327.2 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.82 12 450 6769 -10.8 -36.1 10 25.3 -16.2 313 23 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.39 13 400 7662 -16.8 -40.6 11 23.7 -20.9 304 33 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.28 14 350 8649 -24.6 -46.1 12 21.5 -27.3 294 37 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.17 15 300 9749 -33.5 -54.7 10 21.2 -35.0 302 37 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.08 16 250 11002 -42.4 -61.3 11 18.8 -43.2 313 35 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 17 200 12482 -51.2 -71.1 8 19.9 -51.6 281 40 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14291 -63.4 -81.4 7 18.0 -63.5 287 31 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16732 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 9 4 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.72 m Freezing level: 554.17 mb = 5137.11 m = 16853.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4167.82 m = 13673.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.26 mb = 2296.83 m = 7535.44 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 26.21 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.72 mb = 2787.09 m = 9143.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 40.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1645.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.11 mb = 2532.55 m = 8308.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.11 mb = 4040.23 m = 13255.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.11 mb = 13002.44 m = 42658.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1642.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.2 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 306.2 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 308.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.04 Bulk Shear: 182.12 m/s