MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.44,-100.75 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 562 SFC 942 634 27.3 17.8 56 9.5 20.6 122 12 305.6 308.1 295.9 346.7 13.72 3 900 1037 22.3 16.4 69 5.9 18.3 124 16 304.5 307.0 295.2 343.8 13.16 4 850 1533 20.9 15.3 70 5.6 17.1 154 26 308.1 310.5 296.0 347.4 12.98 5 800 2057 18.6 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 191 19 310.9 313.5 297.3 353.0 13.74 6 750 2609 15.6 13.5 87 2.1 14.2 229 21 313.6 316.1 297.5 354.1 13.13 7 700 3193 12.1 9.5 84 2.7 10.4 273 21 315.9 318.0 296.5 349.3 10.69 8 650 3811 8.5 -1.5 49 10.0 3.1 308 20 318.6 319.6 293.2 335.6 5.29 9 600 4466 3.5 -12.3 30 15.8 -3.1 316 24 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.4 2.48 10 550 5163 -3.0 -11.0 54 8.0 -6.4 311 30 320.5 321.1 291.8 330.4 3.00 11 500 5909 -8.1 -28.1 18 20.0 -13.3 314 32 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.76 12 450 6721 -12.2 -49.7 3 37.5 -17.6 316 38 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.09 13 400 7609 -18.6 -49.7 5 31.1 -22.5 317 41 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.10 14 350 8589 -25.5 -55.7 4 30.1 -28.2 329 52 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.06 15 300 9690 -32.7 -59.1 5 26.4 -34.4 329 65 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 16 250 10953 -40.6 -63.6 7 22.9 -41.6 330 67 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12435 -51.1 -72.8 6 21.7 -51.5 315 52 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14254 -63.0 -80.6 7 17.7 -63.1 314 39 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16706 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 323 3 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.53 m Freezing level: 573.07 mb = 4841.58 m = 15884.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.08 mb = 4130.94 m = 13552.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.93 C = 91.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.36 mb = 1839.65 m = 6035.53 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.70 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.18 mb = 3082.81 m = 10114.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.02 C = 98.63 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 41.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 613.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.51 mb = 1954.58 m = 6412.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 594.51 mb = 4539.93 m = 14894.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.51 mb = 10562.10 m = 34652.15 ft B at Equ Level: 612.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.51 mb = 14066.25 m = 46148.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.8 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 320.8 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 425.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 424.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 3.05 Bulk Shear: 201.41 m/s