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,-101.3 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 577 SFC 906 986 20.2 19.9 98 0.3 19.9 117 11 301.7 304.7 296.5 349.7 16.30 3 900 1048 19.6 19.5 99 0.1 19.5 119 14 301.7 304.7 296.4 349.0 16.04 4 850 1539 17.1 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 146 25 304.1 306.8 295.9 346.8 14.36 5 800 2059 16.7 15.1 90 1.6 15.7 200 33 309.0 311.5 296.7 350.4 13.65 6 750 2607 13.6 11.9 89 1.7 12.5 225 37 311.4 313.6 296.1 347.4 11.76 7 700 3186 10.1 9.3 95 0.7 9.6 250 42 313.6 315.6 295.8 346.4 10.59 8 650 3800 6.2 5.9 98 0.3 6.1 270 45 316.0 317.8 295.4 344.3 9.03 9 600 4452 2.1 1.2 94 0.8 1.6 285 46 318.5 319.9 294.5 340.8 7.00 10 550 5150 -2.2 -3.9 88 1.7 -3.1 302 52 321.5 322.5 293.9 338.4 5.22 11 500 5902 -6.2 -9.0 81 2.8 -7.5 307 45 325.4 326.2 293.9 338.4 3.87 12 450 6720 -10.5 -29.1 20 18.7 -15.2 304 34 330.1 330.2 292.5 332.8 0.76 13 400 7615 -16.7 -46.3 6 29.6 -21.1 309 44 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.15 14 350 8600 -25.6 -46.1 13 20.6 -28.0 301 46 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.17 15 300 9699 -33.4 -57.6 7 24.3 -35.0 305 27 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 16 250 10955 -42.5 -57.3 18 14.8 -43.2 312 19 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 17 200 12427 -52.7 -69.4 12 16.7 -53.0 305 31 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14241 -61.4 -80.8 6 19.3 -61.6 299 40 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16707 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.6 81 6 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.65 m Freezing level: 575.81 mb = 4790.04 m = 15715.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.91 mb = 4684.16 m = 15367.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.61 mb = 1022.43 m = 3354.38 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 17.57 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1494.14 m = 4901.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.30 C = 72.14 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 39.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 931.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.29 mb = 1546.67 m = 5074.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.29 mb = 3254.29 m = 10676.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.29 mb = 12286.90 m = 40310.86 ft B at Equ Level: 921.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.29 mb = 14913.83 m = 48929.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 986.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 986.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 328.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.9 stream: 14.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.70 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 405.06 m/s