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: 36,-100.75 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 577 SFC 923 834 27.5 17.3 54 10.2 20.4 141 11 307.6 310.2 296.3 348.6 13.57 3 900 1057 26.4 16.6 55 9.8 19.5 147 23 308.7 311.2 296.4 349.0 13.31 4 850 1559 22.2 15.4 65 6.8 17.5 164 25 309.4 311.9 296.4 349.2 13.08 5 800 2083 17.7 14.4 81 3.3 15.4 185 23 310.0 312.5 296.5 349.7 12.99 6 750 2632 14.6 11.8 83 2.8 12.8 227 22 312.4 314.7 296.3 348.5 11.71 7 700 3214 12.7 4.8 59 7.9 7.9 280 14 316.5 318.0 294.5 340.8 7.72 8 650 3833 9.0 -6.4 33 15.4 1.5 312 12 319.2 319.9 292.0 331.1 3.65 9 600 4488 3.6 -11.3 33 15.0 -2.8 319 12 320.3 320.8 291.5 329.2 2.68 10 550 5187 -1.4 -12.2 44 10.8 -5.9 299 19 322.4 323.0 292.2 331.5 2.72 11 500 5939 -6.8 -11.5 69 4.7 -8.8 293 27 324.8 325.4 293.2 335.4 3.17 12 450 6753 -12.4 -19.7 54 7.3 -14.7 292 26 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.8 1.78 13 400 7641 -18.2 -27.8 43 9.6 -20.5 299 36 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.9 0.98 14 350 8625 -25.2 -30.1 64 4.9 -26.2 293 41 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.0 0.89 15 300 9726 -33.6 -38.0 64 4.5 -34.1 295 41 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.9 0.48 16 250 10978 -43.3 -47.4 64 4.1 -43.6 294 39 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.21 17 200 12454 -50.5 -70.1 8 19.6 -50.9 283 53 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14271 -62.6 -82.1 6 19.5 -62.7 279 34 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16724 -68.2 -84.0 9 15.8 -68.3 328 8 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.95 m Freezing level: 563.94 mb = 4992.48 m = 16379.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.20 mb = 4060.04 m = 13320.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.96 mb = 2136.38 m = 7009.05 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 20.44 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3228.33 m = 10591.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.22 C = 97.19 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1086.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.53 mb = 2347.11 m = 7700.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.53 mb = 4345.69 m = 14257.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.53 mb = 12114.59 m = 39745.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1069.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.53 mb = 15594.53 m = 51162.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 295.1 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): -53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.9 neg: -6.1 tot: 283.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.95 Bulk Rich Number: 6.86 Bulk Shear: 158.42 m/s