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: 35.8,-100.59 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -100.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 579 SFC 923 838 27.0 17.2 55 9.7 20.2 141 11 307.1 309.7 296.2 347.9 13.54 3 900 1059 26.1 16.7 56 9.4 19.5 148 24 308.4 310.9 296.4 348.8 13.36 4 850 1560 21.7 15.4 67 6.3 17.4 163 24 308.9 311.4 296.3 348.5 13.05 5 800 2083 17.3 14.4 83 2.8 15.3 183 22 309.6 312.0 296.4 349.2 13.03 6 750 2632 14.6 11.1 80 3.5 12.3 234 22 312.4 314.6 295.9 346.9 11.17 7 700 3214 12.7 3.6 54 9.1 7.4 294 13 316.6 318.0 294.1 339.1 7.12 8 650 3833 9.0 -6.9 32 15.9 1.3 327 12 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.6 3.50 9 600 4488 3.6 -12.9 29 16.6 -3.2 328 13 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.2 2.35 10 550 5187 -1.2 -15.9 32 14.7 -6.7 307 19 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.6 2.02 11 500 5940 -6.4 -11.6 66 5.2 -8.5 300 27 325.3 325.9 293.3 335.8 3.15 12 450 6755 -11.9 -18.1 60 6.2 -14.0 297 28 328.3 328.7 293.2 335.4 2.04 13 400 7645 -18.4 -26.7 48 8.3 -20.4 300 37 331.1 331.3 293.0 335.0 1.08 14 350 8628 -25.1 -28.6 72 3.6 -25.8 293 38 335.0 335.2 294.0 338.7 1.03 15 300 9730 -33.4 -36.5 74 3.1 -33.8 298 39 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.4 0.56 16 250 10983 -43.4 -47.2 66 3.8 -43.7 296 40 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.3 0.22 17 200 12460 -50.5 -74.6 4 24.1 -51.0 283 51 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14275 -62.6 -81.7 6 19.1 -62.8 281 34 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16727 -68.5 -83.9 9 15.3 -68.6 332 9 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.70 m Freezing level: 562.04 mb = 5018.89 m = 16465.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.59 mb = 4016.23 m = 13176.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.37 mb = 2078.73 m = 6819.91 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 21.01 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3249.47 m = 10660.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.39 C = 97.50 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 986.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.29 mb = 2295.02 m = 7529.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.29 mb = 4416.15 m = 14488.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.29 mb = 11972.02 m = 39277.81 ft B at Equ Level: 975.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.29 mb = 15363.76 m = 50405.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.3 neg: -8.4 tot: 285.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 5.62 Bulk Shear: 175.51 m/s