MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-101.71 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 535 2 900 1011 SFC 894 1066 23.2 17.5 70 5.7 19.2 171 19 306.0 308.6 296.3 348.6 14.20 4 850 1509 21.7 15.9 70 5.8 17.7 184 46 308.9 311.4 296.5 349.7 13.47 5 800 2036 20.2 14.7 70 5.5 16.4 210 51 312.7 315.2 297.4 353.4 13.23 6 750 2592 17.6 11.9 69 5.7 13.7 233 46 315.7 317.9 297.1 352.2 11.73 7 700 3179 14.7 5.5 54 9.2 9.0 253 42 318.8 320.4 295.4 344.6 8.14 8 650 3801 9.8 2.3 60 7.4 5.5 269 40 320.0 321.4 294.9 342.4 6.99 9 600 4459 4.0 -1.4 68 5.4 1.1 282 41 320.7 321.9 294.1 339.3 5.76 10 550 5159 -2.0 -8.0 63 6.0 -4.8 293 43 321.7 322.4 292.9 334.2 3.80 11 500 5909 -6.1 -28.1 16 22.1 -12.0 298 39 325.7 325.8 291.3 328.4 0.75 12 450 6727 -10.3 -42.7 5 32.4 -16.2 295 35 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.20 13 400 7624 -16.2 -47.0 5 30.9 -20.7 300 43 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 14 350 8613 -24.4 -48.2 9 23.8 -27.2 287 46 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 15 300 9716 -31.5 -37.5 56 6.0 -32.4 317 38 340.9 341.1 295.0 342.9 0.51 16 250 10988 -39.6 -42.8 71 3.3 -39.9 336 40 347.2 347.3 296.3 348.6 0.35 17 200 12470 -52.0 -58.1 48 6.1 -52.2 336 35 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.8 0.08 18 150 14268 -65.7 -77.1 19 11.3 -65.8 315 35 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16708 -68.6 -84.5 8 15.9 -68.7 21 4 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.21 m Freezing level: 566.76 mb = 4924.45 m = 16156.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.79 mb = 4583.63 m = 15037.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.92 C = 91.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.23 mb = 1797.85 m = 5898.38 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 25.07 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.66 mb = 3463.39 m = 11362.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.16 C = 97.09 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 857.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.97 mb = 2309.54 m = 7577.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.97 mb = 4323.52 m = 14184.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.97 mb = 12146.91 m = 39851.58 ft B at Equ Level: 856.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.97 mb = 15612.45 m = 51221.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 908.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 908.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 302.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.3 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.54 Bulk Rich Number: 2.63 Bulk Shear: 326.46 m/s