MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.45,-101.54 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 548 SFC 902 1015 29.3 20.6 59 8.7 22.9 113 12 311.6 314.8 299.5 364.3 17.16 3 900 1030 27.5 20.3 65 7.2 22.3 114 12 309.9 313.1 299.0 361.5 16.91 4 850 1533 21.9 19.1 84 2.8 19.9 120 14 309.1 312.3 298.7 359.7 16.63 5 800 2058 18.8 17.1 90 1.7 17.6 178 18 311.2 314.1 298.4 358.6 15.48 6 750 2611 15.4 14.2 93 1.2 14.6 214 22 313.3 316.0 297.8 355.8 13.75 7 700 3195 13.0 7.2 68 5.7 9.4 271 20 316.8 318.6 295.7 345.7 9.17 8 650 3814 9.5 -4.1 38 13.6 2.5 307 17 319.7 320.5 292.7 333.8 4.34 9 600 4471 3.7 -8.6 40 12.3 -1.9 311 20 320.4 321.1 292.1 331.4 3.33 10 550 5169 -2.6 -8.2 66 5.6 -5.1 303 25 321.0 321.7 292.6 333.3 3.75 11 500 5916 -8.9 -15.7 58 6.8 -11.3 296 31 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.25 12 450 6724 -12.5 -42.3 6 29.8 -17.6 304 36 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.20 13 400 7612 -18.6 -44.1 9 25.5 -22.3 295 39 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.19 14 350 8594 -25.2 -55.1 4 29.9 -28.0 319 49 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.06 15 300 9696 -32.7 -60.2 5 27.6 -34.4 320 58 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 16 250 10958 -41.0 -60.9 10 20.0 -41.9 331 65 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 17 200 12440 -51.0 -71.3 7 20.3 -51.4 315 51 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14256 -64.1 -79.3 11 15.2 -64.2 313 42 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16695 -67.9 -84.9 7 17.1 -67.9 194 2 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.58 m Freezing level: 570.73 mb = 4879.44 m = 16008.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.49 mb = 4182.11 m = 13720.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.23 mb = 2119.60 m = 6953.98 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 32.89 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2243.79 m = 7361.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.34 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -9.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -9.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.85 C Cross Totals Index: 28.05 C K Index: 44.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2792.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.89 mb = 1994.05 m = 6542.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.89 mb = 2600.78 m = 8532.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.89 mb = 14218.58 m = 46648.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2786.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 317.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 358.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.91 Bulk Rich Number: 16.08 Bulk Shear: 173.65 m/s