MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 24.85,-103.33 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 577 2 900 1055 SFC 851 1545 24.0 10.4 42 13.5 15.2 220 2 311.2 312.9 294.3 340.0 9.37 4 850 1556 22.7 10.5 46 12.3 14.8 213 2 309.9 311.7 294.0 338.7 9.39 5 800 2080 19.3 7.4 46 11.8 12.0 232 3 311.7 313.2 293.5 336.8 8.12 6 750 2631 15.7 8.2 61 7.5 10.9 21 1 313.6 315.3 294.8 341.9 9.11 7 700 3213 11.4 4.4 62 7.0 7.3 23 2 315.1 316.6 294.0 338.7 7.51 8 650 3828 7.0 -0.7 58 7.7 2.9 29 1 316.9 318.0 293.0 334.8 5.60 9 600 4481 2.6 -4.0 62 6.6 -0.7 38 5 319.1 320.1 292.9 334.5 4.76 10 550 5179 -1.8 -10.5 51 8.7 -5.5 69 4 322.0 322.6 292.4 332.4 3.13 11 500 5930 -6.5 -9.8 78 3.2 -7.9 36 4 325.1 325.8 293.6 337.2 3.64 12 450 6746 -11.3 -16.6 64 5.4 -13.2 40 5 329.1 329.6 293.6 337.1 2.32 13 400 7640 -17.1 -22.4 64 5.2 -18.7 57 6 332.7 333.0 293.9 338.4 1.59 14 350 8627 -24.2 -28.7 66 4.5 -25.2 74 6 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.9 1.02 15 300 9731 -33.2 -37.8 63 4.6 -33.8 86 7 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.5 0.49 16 250 10984 -43.3 -49.3 52 6.0 -43.7 74 10 341.6 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.17 17 200 12449 -53.5 -63.8 27 10.3 -53.8 77 6 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14249 -64.8 -76.8 18 12.0 -64.9 60 18 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16668 -71.7 -86.2 10 14.4 -71.8 86 20 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.86 m Freezing level: 570.14 mb = 4897.60 m = 16068.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.56 mb = 4351.81 m = 14277.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.08 mb = 3247.90 m = 10655.72 ft T: 11.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 9.48 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.41 mb = 4155.45 m = 13633.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3807.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.27 mb = 3450.41 m = 11320.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.6 at 3.5 knts Storm direction: 72.6 at 2.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.61 Bulk Shear: 4.28 m/s