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: 36.34,-103.04 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -103.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 547 2 900 1026 SFC 860 1421 21.3 19.8 91 1.5 20.2 60 7 307.4 310.6 298.5 359.0 17.10 4 850 1526 21.4 18.7 85 2.7 19.5 76 8 308.5 311.6 298.2 357.5 16.17 5 800 2054 21.9 15.4 67 6.4 17.4 206 22 314.5 317.1 298.2 357.7 13.92 6 750 2612 17.6 14.6 83 2.9 15.5 230 30 315.6 318.4 298.6 359.6 14.10 7 700 3199 13.4 10.0 79 3.5 11.2 243 31 317.4 319.5 297.1 352.1 11.06 8 650 3820 9.7 3.4 65 6.3 5.9 264 32 319.9 321.4 295.3 344.0 7.52 9 600 4478 3.9 -0.7 72 4.6 1.4 292 36 320.7 321.8 294.4 340.2 6.07 10 550 5178 -2.5 -3.3 94 0.8 -2.9 298 37 321.2 322.2 294.0 338.9 5.48 11 500 5927 -8.1 -12.6 70 4.5 -9.8 303 40 323.2 323.8 292.5 333.0 2.91 12 450 6739 -11.5 -35.2 12 23.7 -16.5 300 36 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.43 13 400 7634 -16.3 -47.3 5 30.9 -20.8 307 36 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 14 350 8622 -24.3 -48.6 9 24.3 -27.1 294 35 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 15 300 9725 -33.1 -54.9 9 21.8 -34.7 316 24 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.07 16 250 10982 -42.4 -70.1 3 27.7 -43.2 329 20 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.01 17 200 12458 -51.2 -73.9 5 22.7 -51.7 293 36 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14272 -64.3 -75.8 19 11.5 -64.4 298 23 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16726 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.4 -66.2 355 8 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.93 m Freezing level: 569.25 mb = 4908.27 m = 16103.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4704.63 m = 15434.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.61 mb = 1612.42 m = 5290.03 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 29.20 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 3041.55 m = 9978.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 26.76 C K Index: 44.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2396.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.00 mb = 2531.97 m = 8306.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.00 mb = 3793.95 m = 12447.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.00 mb = 14188.57 m = 46549.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2376.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 628.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 628.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.86 Bulk Rich Number: 9.98 Bulk Shear: 240.10 m/s