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: 36.68,-100.83 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 1 950 574 SFC 922 838 28.3 17.3 51 11.0 20.5 139 13 308.5 311.0 296.5 349.6 13.59 3 900 1055 26.4 16.7 55 9.7 19.6 146 24 308.7 311.2 296.5 349.3 13.40 4 850 1556 22.4 15.6 66 6.8 17.7 166 27 309.6 312.1 296.6 349.8 13.22 5 800 2081 18.4 14.5 78 3.9 15.7 194 24 310.8 313.3 296.8 350.8 13.09 6 750 2631 13.4 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 218 24 311.1 313.5 296.6 350.0 12.70 7 700 3213 12.7 5.5 61 7.2 8.3 273 13 316.5 318.1 294.8 342.0 8.10 8 650 3831 9.1 -6.7 32 15.8 1.4 307 9 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.9 3.55 9 600 4486 3.2 -9.5 39 12.6 -2.5 317 10 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.11 10 550 5184 -2.1 -14.6 38 12.5 -7.0 294 14 321.6 322.0 291.5 329.1 2.23 11 500 5933 -7.7 -18.8 41 11.1 -11.4 293 18 323.7 324.0 291.6 329.6 1.74 12 450 6743 -13.6 -20.8 54 7.3 -15.7 283 22 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.8 1.62 13 400 7628 -19.4 -28.0 46 8.6 -21.4 283 37 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.2 0.95 14 350 8607 -26.0 -37.2 34 11.1 -27.8 281 49 333.7 333.7 293.2 335.4 0.45 15 300 9706 -33.8 -38.8 61 5.0 -34.4 287 37 337.7 337.8 294.2 339.5 0.45 16 250 10958 -42.8 -51.0 40 8.2 -43.3 298 47 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.14 17 200 12434 -51.1 -70.6 8 19.5 -51.5 278 57 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14253 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.0 273 36 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16724 -66.2 -84.7 6 18.5 -66.3 8 6 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.65 m Freezing level: 569.89 mb = 4906.34 m = 16096.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.70 mb = 4064.61 m = 13335.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.22 mb = 2228.74 m = 7312.05 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.72 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.49 mb = 2579.78 m = 8463.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1331.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.37 mb = 2358.17 m = 7736.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.37 mb = 4225.96 m = 13864.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.37 mb = 12131.28 m = 39800.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1322.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.37 mb = 15644.98 m = 51328.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 285.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 10.90 Bulk Shear: 122.12 m/s