MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-100.52 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -100.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 585 SFC 932 755 21.1 20.6 97 0.4 20.8 82 15 300.2 303.3 296.4 349.0 16.65 3 900 1054 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 18.9 94 25 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.4 15.41 4 850 1545 17.3 16.3 94 1.1 16.6 128 18 304.3 306.9 295.6 345.5 13.83 5 800 2063 15.5 12.5 82 3.0 13.6 183 15 307.7 309.9 294.9 342.3 11.45 6 750 2610 13.2 9.1 76 4.2 10.6 225 24 310.9 312.8 294.5 340.7 9.70 7 700 3188 9.7 6.1 78 3.6 7.5 235 31 313.2 314.8 294.2 339.5 8.45 8 650 3799 5.5 3.3 85 2.2 4.2 240 33 315.2 316.7 294.0 338.7 7.49 9 600 4449 1.2 0.4 95 0.8 0.8 250 32 317.5 318.8 293.9 338.4 6.59 10 550 5146 -2.5 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.7 267 30 321.1 322.3 294.2 339.5 5.66 11 500 5897 -6.8 -7.2 97 0.4 -7.0 279 26 324.7 325.6 294.2 339.4 4.46 12 450 6713 -12.0 -13.7 87 1.7 -12.7 284 24 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.2 2.95 13 400 7603 -17.2 -32.9 24 15.8 -20.5 296 38 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.9 0.60 14 350 8588 -24.5 -46.8 11 22.3 -27.2 295 45 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.16 15 300 9691 -32.1 -36.7 64 4.6 -32.8 310 33 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.2 0.55 16 250 10954 -42.4 -45.9 69 3.5 -42.7 299 33 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.25 17 200 12421 -53.8 -64.1 28 10.2 -54.1 308 42 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14235 -60.1 -80.6 5 20.5 -60.3 298 39 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16709 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.6 71 4 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.51 m Freezing level: 583.88 mb = 4673.90 m = 15334.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.70 mb = 4601.60 m = 15096.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.14 mb = 806.44 m = 2645.76 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1529.69 m = 5018.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.94 C = 76.90 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.60 mb = 1320.06 m = 4330.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.60 mb = 3335.15 m = 10941.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.60 mb = 11866.83 m = 38932.70 ft B at Equ Level: 662.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.60 mb = 14333.10 m = 47024.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 409.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 282.54 m/s