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: 35.8,-100.67 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 558 SFC 919 854 27.1 19.4 63 7.7 21.6 167 11 307.6 310.6 297.7 354.9 15.66 3 900 1037 24.6 18.6 70 5.9 20.4 170 12 306.8 309.7 297.2 352.5 15.18 4 850 1535 19.7 17.5 87 2.2 18.1 176 13 306.8 309.6 297.0 351.7 14.94 5 800 2056 17.3 13.3 77 4.0 14.6 168 6 309.6 311.9 295.8 346.4 12.08 6 750 2606 14.5 9.8 73 4.7 11.4 198 4 312.3 314.3 295.2 343.7 10.18 7 700 3187 12.6 -0.4 41 12.9 5.5 252 9 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.4 5.33 8 650 3805 9.1 -8.6 28 17.7 0.8 305 21 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.3 3.06 9 600 4460 2.8 -10.4 37 13.2 -2.9 314 23 319.4 320.0 291.4 328.9 2.89 10 550 5156 -3.4 -18.1 31 14.7 -8.5 308 26 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.7 1.67 11 500 5900 -9.3 -28.1 20 18.9 -14.0 309 34 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.4 0.75 12 450 6706 -14.3 -44.6 6 30.2 -18.9 316 38 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.16 13 400 7586 -20.9 -47.1 8 26.2 -24.1 315 43 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.14 14 350 8559 -27.4 -53.8 6 26.3 -29.7 322 53 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9653 -34.1 -58.1 7 24.0 -35.6 326 74 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 16 250 10911 -41.1 -62.2 8 21.1 -42.0 329 86 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12392 -51.2 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.6 319 75 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14227 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 307 36 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16707 -66.5 -85.6 5 19.1 -66.6 199 1 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.89 m Freezing level: 577.24 mb = 4776.67 m = 15671.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.80 mb = 3947.54 m = 12951.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.65 mb = 1826.64 m = 5992.83 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 30.51 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.83 mb = 2339.43 m = 7675.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1769.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.74 mb = 1878.14 m = 6161.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.74 mb = 4038.36 m = 13249.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.74 mb = 12334.49 m = 40467.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1763.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.74 mb = 16027.38 m = 52582.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 330.6 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.9 neg: -16.8 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 15.52 Bulk Shear: 114.00 m/s