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: 35.49,-101.29 Latitude: 35.49 Longitude: -101.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 555 SFC 903 1004 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.8 156 11 307.9 311.1 298.4 358.3 16.66 3 900 1034 25.1 19.6 71 5.6 21.1 157 12 307.4 310.4 297.9 356.0 16.11 4 850 1533 20.1 18.5 90 1.7 19.0 159 14 307.3 310.2 297.8 355.4 15.95 5 800 2055 18.1 14.5 79 3.6 15.6 213 7 310.4 312.9 296.7 350.3 13.06 6 750 2607 15.4 11.1 75 4.4 12.6 236 14 313.3 315.4 296.1 347.7 11.11 7 700 3190 13.6 0.4 40 13.3 6.2 280 13 317.6 318.7 293.2 335.5 5.62 8 650 3810 9.4 -8.7 27 18.1 1.0 310 19 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.6 3.04 9 600 4465 3.2 -10.8 35 14.0 -2.9 312 21 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.1 2.80 10 550 5162 -3.3 -13.8 44 10.5 -7.4 310 23 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.39 11 500 5906 -9.0 -25.4 25 16.4 -13.5 315 30 322.1 322.3 290.4 325.5 0.97 12 450 6714 -13.7 -45.4 5 31.7 -18.6 321 39 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.15 13 400 7597 -20.2 -47.2 7 27.0 -23.6 319 45 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.14 14 350 8574 -26.2 -54.8 5 28.6 -28.7 327 60 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 15 300 9673 -33.1 -60.0 5 26.9 -34.7 329 72 338.7 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 16 250 10934 -40.9 -64.8 6 23.9 -41.9 329 75 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 17 200 12415 -51.5 -70.5 9 19.0 -51.8 319 64 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14238 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 318 40 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16707 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 342 2 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.33 m Freezing level: 575.07 mb = 4812.35 m = 15788.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3969.44 m = 13022.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.10 mb = 1737.38 m = 5699.99 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 32.83 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2439.18 m = 8002.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -7.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.13 C Cross Totals Index: 27.46 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2019.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.61 mb = 1910.14 m = 6266.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.61 mb = 3954.35 m = 12973.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.61 mb = 12786.32 m = 41949.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2017.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.4 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 333.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 14.79 Bulk Shear: 136.56 m/s