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: 36.07,-100.67 Latitude: 36.07 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 124 1 950 579 SFC 924 828 27.3 17.3 54 10.0 20.4 140 11 307.4 309.9 296.3 348.4 13.61 3 900 1058 26.1 16.6 56 9.5 19.5 146 23 308.4 310.9 296.4 348.8 13.34 4 850 1559 22.0 15.4 66 6.6 17.5 164 25 309.2 311.6 296.4 348.9 13.06 5 800 2083 17.6 14.4 82 3.1 15.4 186 22 309.9 312.3 296.5 349.6 13.05 6 750 2632 14.3 11.7 84 2.6 12.6 227 22 312.1 314.3 296.1 347.9 11.62 7 700 3214 12.8 4.3 56 8.6 7.8 286 13 316.7 318.1 294.4 340.2 7.44 8 650 3833 9.0 -6.5 33 15.5 1.5 319 11 319.1 319.8 292.0 330.9 3.61 9 600 4488 3.5 -11.6 32 15.0 -2.9 323 12 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.9 2.63 10 550 5187 -1.6 -13.7 39 12.1 -6.4 298 18 322.2 322.7 291.8 330.3 2.42 11 500 5938 -6.9 -12.7 63 5.9 -9.2 293 25 324.7 325.2 292.9 334.3 2.87 12 450 6752 -12.3 -21.3 47 9.0 -15.1 291 24 327.7 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.55 13 400 7640 -18.2 -32.5 27 14.3 -21.2 298 34 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.6 0.62 14 350 8623 -25.3 -33.6 46 8.3 -26.8 293 43 334.6 334.7 293.6 337.0 0.64 15 300 9723 -33.5 -40.0 52 6.5 -34.3 295 41 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.7 0.39 16 250 10976 -43.2 -47.5 63 4.3 -43.5 296 39 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.7 0.21 17 200 12452 -50.5 -65.9 14 15.4 -50.9 283 53 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.03 18 150 14269 -62.5 -82.6 5 20.1 -62.7 278 34 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16724 -68.2 -84.2 8 16.0 -68.3 330 7 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.10 m Freezing level: 565.60 mb = 4968.53 m = 16300.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.44 mb = 4043.89 m = 13267.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.51 mb = 2098.81 m = 6885.79 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3265.59 m = 10713.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.63 C = 97.94 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 35.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1057.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.41 mb = 2315.78 m = 7597.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.41 mb = 4306.94 m = 14130.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.41 mb = 12022.55 m = 39443.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1044.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.41 mb = 15450.51 m = 50690.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.3 neg: -4.4 tot: 284.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 6.98 Bulk Shear: 151.65 m/s