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: 36.14,-100.24 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -100.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 1 950 613 SFC 931 784 20.4 20.0 98 0.4 20.1 7 18 299.6 302.5 295.8 346.2 15.97 3 900 1081 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 11 29 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.6 14.73 4 850 1571 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 11 19 303.0 305.4 294.9 342.4 13.32 5 800 2085 13.2 12.6 96 0.7 12.9 3 22 305.3 307.4 294.3 339.8 11.53 6 750 2626 10.3 9.4 94 0.9 9.7 1 23 307.8 309.6 293.8 337.9 9.94 7 700 3198 7.1 6.0 93 1.0 6.5 6 19 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.2 8.43 8 650 3805 2.8 2.0 94 0.8 2.4 19 14 312.2 313.5 292.6 333.4 6.83 9 600 4448 -0.5 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.6 44 10 315.6 316.7 293.0 334.7 6.04 10 550 5141 -3.5 -4.1 96 0.6 -3.8 76 8 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.4 5.12 11 500 5890 -6.8 -7.7 93 1.0 -7.2 173 6 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.0 4.28 12 450 6708 -10.8 -12.1 90 1.3 -11.3 229 12 329.6 330.3 294.6 341.1 3.35 13 400 7604 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 249 21 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.3 2.34 14 350 8596 -22.8 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.4 259 25 338.1 338.3 295.1 343.2 1.42 15 300 9709 -31.0 -33.8 76 2.8 -31.5 263 28 341.7 341.8 295.4 344.5 0.73 16 250 10976 -40.1 -43.5 70 3.3 -40.4 265 52 346.4 346.5 296.1 347.7 0.33 17 200 12461 -51.4 -55.3 63 3.9 -51.6 269 81 351.3 351.4 297.0 351.8 0.11 18 150 14266 -63.1 -68.5 48 5.4 -63.2 317 30 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.03 19 100 16754 -69.3 -84.9 9 15.6 -69.4 308 2 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.29 m Freezing level: 607.21 mb = 4355.56 m = 14289.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.45 mb = 4309.42 m = 14138.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.20 mb = 832.83 m = 2732.33 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1322.10 m = 4337.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 337.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.23 mb = 1300.29 m = 4266.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.23 mb = 1448.11 m = 4750.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 402.23 mb = 7561.50 m = 24807.76 ft B at Equ Level: 337.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.23 mb = 12065.85 m = 39585.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 44.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -22.2 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 24.34 Bulk Shear: 13.87 m/s