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: 35.87,-100.67 Latitude: 35.87 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 921 835 27.4 19.4 62 8.0 21.6 168 11 307.7 310.7 297.7 354.8 15.58 3 900 1036 24.7 18.6 69 6.1 20.4 170 13 306.9 309.7 297.1 352.4 15.13 4 850 1535 19.8 17.4 86 2.4 18.1 177 13 306.9 309.7 297.0 351.6 14.87 5 800 2056 17.3 13.0 76 4.3 14.4 166 6 309.6 311.8 295.7 345.8 11.87 6 750 2605 14.5 9.1 70 5.4 11.1 181 4 312.3 314.2 294.9 342.3 9.73 7 700 3187 12.7 -1.7 37 14.4 5.1 253 9 316.5 317.5 292.3 332.0 4.84 8 650 3805 9.0 -8.3 28 17.3 0.9 305 21 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.5 3.15 9 600 4460 2.8 -10.7 36 13.5 -3.0 314 23 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.7 2.82 10 550 5155 -3.4 -17.9 32 14.4 -8.5 309 26 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.8 1.70 11 500 5900 -9.3 -28.6 19 19.3 -14.1 309 34 321.7 321.9 290.0 324.3 0.72 12 450 6705 -14.4 -44.5 6 30.1 -19.0 315 38 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.16 13 400 7585 -21.0 -46.8 8 25.7 -24.2 315 43 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.14 14 350 8557 -27.6 -53.7 6 26.2 -29.8 322 53 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.07 15 300 9651 -34.2 -58.2 7 24.0 -35.7 326 74 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 16 250 10909 -41.1 -62.3 8 21.2 -42.0 329 87 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12390 -51.2 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.6 320 76 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14225 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 306 36 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16707 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 197 1 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.80 m Freezing level: 577.42 mb = 4773.65 m = 15661.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.27 mb = 3953.98 m = 12972.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.39 mb = 1850.16 m = 6070.00 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 30.52 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2352.12 m = 7716.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1783.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.50 mb = 1891.10 m = 6204.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.50 mb = 4054.16 m = 13300.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.50 mb = 12373.60 m = 40595.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1775.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.50 mb = 16095.70 m = 52806.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 14.9 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: 115.3 neg: -19.8 tot: 95.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 15.69 Bulk Shear: 113.62 m/s