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: 34.6,-101.86 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -101.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 546 2 900 1027 SFC 894 1089 26.4 20.0 68 6.3 21.8 110 14 309.3 312.5 298.7 360.2 16.74 4 850 1528 21.2 18.9 87 2.3 19.6 116 19 308.4 311.4 298.3 358.1 16.40 5 800 2052 19.1 16.5 85 2.6 17.3 165 19 311.6 314.4 298.2 357.3 14.92 6 750 2608 17.7 13.0 74 4.7 14.6 221 18 315.8 318.3 297.8 355.4 12.70 7 700 3194 13.8 5.6 58 8.2 8.8 264 18 317.8 319.4 295.2 343.7 8.18 8 650 3815 9.9 -9.3 25 19.2 1.0 311 19 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.7 2.90 9 600 4472 3.6 -11.1 33 14.7 -2.7 308 22 320.3 320.9 291.6 329.4 2.73 10 550 5169 -3.0 -11.3 53 8.2 -6.5 304 25 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.2 2.93 11 500 5915 -7.9 -32.3 12 24.4 -13.6 312 30 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.51 12 450 6727 -12.1 -42.5 6 30.3 -17.3 322 39 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.20 13 400 7616 -18.4 -50.8 4 32.4 -22.4 322 42 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.09 14 350 8599 -24.9 -53.8 5 28.9 -27.7 331 57 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.07 15 300 9703 -32.5 -53.1 11 20.6 -34.1 331 65 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.09 16 250 10963 -41.1 -61.9 9 20.8 -42.0 327 60 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12444 -51.8 -70.0 9 18.2 -52.1 317 47 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14260 -63.2 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.3 324 36 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16706 -68.1 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.2 2 6 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.35 m Freezing level: 572.77 mb = 4851.62 m = 15917.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.46 mb = 3987.76 m = 13083.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.19 mb = 1889.27 m = 6198.31 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 30.81 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2852.71 m = 9359.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 26.79 C K Index: 39.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2460.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.32 mb = 2016.00 m = 6614.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.32 mb = 3836.24 m = 12585.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.32 mb = 13919.14 m = 45665.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2447.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 330.5 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 390.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.46 Bulk Rich Number: 11.26 Bulk Shear: 218.59 m/s