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: 34.75,-102.61 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -102.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 535 2 900 1019 SFC 880 1215 27.5 20.8 67 6.7 22.6 99 13 311.8 315.2 299.9 366.7 17.85 4 850 1525 23.7 19.7 78 4.0 20.8 104 17 311.0 314.3 299.4 363.9 17.26 5 800 2052 19.3 18.3 94 1.0 18.6 124 17 311.7 314.9 299.3 363.2 16.76 6 750 2609 17.9 12.2 69 5.7 14.1 227 10 316.0 318.4 297.4 353.6 12.01 7 700 3197 15.7 -7.4 20 23.1 4.4 296 12 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.2 3.12 8 650 3819 10.0 -9.8 24 19.8 0.9 305 16 320.2 320.8 291.6 329.5 2.78 9 600 4476 3.7 -11.2 33 15.0 -2.7 300 18 320.4 321.0 291.5 329.4 2.70 10 550 5173 -2.9 -14.1 42 11.2 -7.2 300 22 320.6 321.1 291.3 328.4 2.33 11 500 5919 -7.7 -33.9 10 26.2 -13.6 319 29 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.3 0.44 12 450 6732 -12.1 -41.9 6 29.8 -17.3 319 36 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.21 13 400 7622 -18.3 -47.5 6 29.1 -22.2 324 41 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.13 14 350 8605 -24.5 -54.2 5 29.7 -27.4 331 55 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 15 300 9710 -32.8 -50.1 16 17.3 -34.3 329 61 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.13 16 250 10969 -41.4 -65.2 6 23.8 -42.3 325 57 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 17 200 12447 -52.1 -69.4 11 17.3 -52.5 318 46 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14261 -63.2 -79.9 9 16.7 -63.3 328 34 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16709 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 21 7 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.50 m Freezing level: 571.90 mb = 4867.58 m = 15969.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.63 mb = 3976.38 m = 13045.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.46 mb = 2069.03 m = 6788.07 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 41.42 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.95 mb = 2875.15 m = 9432.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: -9.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.38 C Cross Totals Index: 27.38 C K Index: 27.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3448.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.58 mb = 2143.69 m = 7033.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.58 mb = 3607.54 m = 11835.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.58 mb = 14399.90 m = 47243.19 ft B at Equ Level: 3448.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.8 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 340.8 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 254.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.31 Bulk Rich Number: 20.47 Bulk Shear: 168.43 m/s