MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.48,-101.32 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -101.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 563 SFC 903 1007 24.5 17.4 65 7.1 19.5 150 16 306.4 309.0 296.3 348.4 13.98 3 900 1040 24.5 17.4 65 7.1 19.5 151 20 306.8 309.4 296.4 349.1 14.05 4 850 1539 21.4 16.2 72 5.2 17.8 167 36 308.6 311.1 296.7 350.1 13.71 5 800 2064 19.3 15.3 78 4.0 16.5 197 32 311.8 314.4 297.5 354.2 13.81 6 750 2618 16.6 14.7 89 1.9 15.3 230 28 314.5 317.3 298.4 358.4 14.14 7 700 3203 13.4 5.5 59 7.9 8.5 254 19 317.3 318.8 295.0 342.9 8.10 8 650 3823 9.2 -2.8 43 12.0 2.9 269 14 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.9 4.79 9 600 4480 4.1 -3.5 58 7.6 0.2 275 14 320.9 321.8 293.6 336.9 4.94 10 550 5180 -1.8 -7.3 66 5.6 -4.4 285 20 322.0 322.7 293.1 335.1 4.01 11 500 5931 -6.8 -13.4 59 6.6 -9.4 286 27 324.7 325.3 292.7 333.9 2.72 12 450 6744 -12.6 -24.4 37 11.8 -15.9 283 34 327.4 327.6 292.2 331.5 1.17 13 400 7631 -19.0 -28.0 45 9.0 -21.1 285 43 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.8 0.96 14 350 8611 -25.7 -30.2 66 4.4 -26.6 287 43 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.4 0.89 15 300 9714 -32.0 -35.2 74 3.1 -32.5 305 32 340.2 340.4 295.0 342.7 0.64 16 250 10977 -41.2 -44.6 69 3.5 -41.5 318 40 344.9 344.9 295.7 346.0 0.29 17 200 12455 -52.3 -56.8 59 4.4 -52.5 308 52 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.3 0.09 18 150 14265 -62.3 -80.9 7 18.6 -62.5 289 36 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16727 -67.7 -84.3 8 16.7 -67.8 11 4 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.94 m Freezing level: 565.23 mb = 4966.87 m = 16295.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.86 mb = 4508.61 m = 14791.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.12 mb = 1912.59 m = 6274.82 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 23.56 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.54 mb = 3220.92 m = 10567.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.10 C = 95.18 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1233.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.97 mb = 2215.99 m = 7270.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.97 mb = 4331.06 m = 14209.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.97 mb = 12745.78 m = 41816.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1217.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.97 mb = 16094.85 m = 52803.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.9 neg: -13.1 tot: 391.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.04 Bulk Shear: 175.11 m/s