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: 38.43,-100.59 Latitude: 38.43 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 137 1 950 587 SFC 920 868 25.8 17.0 58 8.8 19.7 147 11 306.1 308.6 295.8 346.2 13.36 3 900 1064 24.5 16.3 60 8.2 18.8 152 20 306.7 309.2 295.7 346.1 13.07 4 850 1562 20.3 15.4 74 4.8 17.0 170 25 307.4 309.8 295.9 346.8 13.06 5 800 2083 16.6 14.5 88 2.0 15.2 201 25 308.8 311.3 296.3 348.5 13.10 6 750 2632 14.9 12.6 86 2.3 13.4 238 30 312.7 315.1 296.8 350.7 12.33 7 700 3215 12.7 1.2 45 11.5 6.2 293 14 316.5 317.7 293.2 335.5 5.97 8 650 3831 8.0 -10.5 26 18.6 -0.2 340 12 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.64 9 600 4484 2.1 -13.8 30 15.9 -4.2 360 9 318.5 319.0 290.5 325.9 2.20 10 550 5177 -4.6 -12.8 53 8.2 -7.8 338 8 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.2 2.60 11 500 5917 -11.5 -14.8 76 3.4 -12.6 337 9 319.1 319.5 290.9 327.1 2.42 12 450 6718 -16.0 -18.0 84 2.0 -16.7 331 8 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.1 2.05 13 400 7594 -22.0 -24.5 80 2.5 -22.6 273 7 326.4 326.6 292.0 331.0 1.31 14 350 8567 -26.4 -29.3 77 2.8 -27.0 259 17 333.1 333.3 293.5 336.7 0.97 15 300 9664 -33.7 -36.9 73 3.2 -34.1 269 42 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.0 0.54 16 250 10921 -41.9 -45.3 69 3.4 -42.2 274 65 343.8 343.8 295.5 344.8 0.27 17 200 12392 -53.4 -57.4 61 4.0 -53.5 278 74 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.08 18 150 14233 -58.0 -81.3 4 23.3 -58.3 294 19 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16733 -64.9 -86.3 4 21.4 -65.0 47 8 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.02 m Freezing level: 584.40 mb = 4699.98 m = 15419.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.22 mb = 3815.62 m = 12518.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.02 mb = 1986.72 m = 6518.02 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.93 C/km ThetaE index: 24.87 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.97 mb = 3250.73 m = 10665.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.02 C = 96.83 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -7.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: -7.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.72 C Cross Totals Index: 26.88 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1260.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.23 mb = 2144.59 m = 7035.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.23 mb = 4226.56 m = 13866.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.23 mb = 11786.84 m = 38670.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.23 mb = 15151.97 m = 49710.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 387.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.79 Bulk Rich Number: 13.48 Bulk Shear: 93.50 m/s