MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.79,-100.44 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 587 SFC 944 641 25.3 18.6 66 6.7 20.6 135 11 303.4 306.1 295.8 346.3 14.46 3 900 1062 22.9 17.9 73 5.0 19.4 148 25 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.2 14.45 4 850 1559 21.5 13.6 61 7.8 16.2 179 16 308.6 310.8 295.3 343.9 11.62 5 800 2083 18.3 13.3 73 4.9 15.0 208 16 310.6 312.9 296.1 347.7 12.12 6 750 2634 15.0 11.2 78 3.8 12.5 232 14 312.9 315.0 296.1 347.5 11.23 7 700 3216 12.4 1.8 49 10.5 6.4 342 1 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.0 6.26 8 650 3832 7.9 -4.0 43 11.9 1.9 11 8 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.1 4.38 9 600 4486 3.1 -12.4 31 15.4 -3.4 11 12 319.6 320.1 291.1 327.8 2.46 10 550 5183 -1.5 -15.8 33 14.3 -7.0 341 13 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.1 2.03 11 500 5935 -6.2 -31.0 12 24.8 -12.4 303 14 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.57 12 450 6750 -12.0 -37.3 10 25.3 -17.0 286 17 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.5 0.34 13 400 7638 -18.3 -41.8 11 23.5 -22.0 293 35 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.24 14 350 8620 -25.5 -40.8 22 15.3 -27.6 292 44 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.31 15 300 9721 -31.6 -34.9 72 3.4 -32.1 305 41 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.4 0.65 16 250 10987 -42.0 -45.4 70 3.3 -42.3 306 38 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.27 17 200 12460 -52.4 -68.7 12 16.3 -52.8 288 50 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14266 -63.2 -78.2 11 15.0 -63.3 285 35 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16714 -69.3 -85.5 8 16.3 -69.4 117 2 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.12 m Freezing level: 566.82 mb = 4948.87 m = 16236.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.03 mb = 4061.03 m = 13323.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.38 mb = 1494.11 m = 4901.88 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 19.85 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.14 mb = 2988.03 m = 9803.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.60 C = 97.88 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 606.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 241.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.41 mb = 1917.91 m = 6292.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.41 mb = 4345.40 m = 14256.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.41 mb = 11525.90 m = 37814.18 ft B at Equ Level: 603.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.41 mb = 14664.88 m = 48112.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.6 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 303.6 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -44.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.4 neg: -15.6 tot: 154.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 5.50 Bulk Shear: 110.33 m/s