MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.11,-102.25 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -102.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 544 2 900 1022 SFC 892 1101 23.6 19.5 78 4.0 20.7 118 11 306.6 309.6 297.8 355.4 16.25 4 850 1521 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 18.9 133 24 307.3 310.3 297.8 355.3 15.93 5 800 2050 23.9 11.2 45 12.7 15.4 187 20 316.6 318.7 296.5 349.6 10.50 6 750 2610 19.2 10.7 58 8.5 13.6 226 13 317.4 319.5 297.0 351.6 10.85 7 700 3199 14.1 7.6 65 6.5 10.0 266 12 318.1 319.9 296.1 347.8 9.40 8 650 3819 9.7 -6.3 32 16.0 1.8 302 15 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.9 3.66 9 600 4476 3.6 -8.7 40 12.4 -2.0 312 19 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.1 3.29 10 550 5174 -2.3 -15.1 37 12.8 -7.2 336 27 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.6 2.15 11 500 5922 -7.3 -21.3 32 14.0 -11.8 340 36 324.1 324.4 291.4 328.9 1.39 12 450 6736 -11.2 -44.9 4 33.7 -16.9 334 36 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.15 13 400 7628 -17.4 -48.6 5 31.1 -21.6 337 42 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.12 14 350 8616 -23.6 -50.3 7 26.6 -26.6 342 54 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.11 15 300 9722 -32.7 -56.1 8 23.4 -34.4 335 53 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.06 16 250 10982 -41.3 -63.9 7 22.7 -42.2 326 49 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 17 200 12461 -52.0 -70.9 9 18.9 -52.3 314 42 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14274 -63.7 -80.6 8 16.8 -63.8 317 27 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16718 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 21 7 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.14 m Freezing level: 569.35 mb = 4903.70 m = 16088.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.26 mb = 4124.47 m = 13531.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.59 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.08 mb = 1612.76 m = 5291.13 ft T: 20.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 22.94 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.58 mb = 3288.08 m = 10787.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.96 C = 94.93 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 39.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1569.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.33 mb = 2344.43 m = 7691.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.33 mb = 4097.34 m = 13442.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.33 mb = 13183.32 m = 43251.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1556.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.2 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 350.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 355.1 neg: -8.7 tot: 346.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.09 Bulk Rich Number: 6.90 Bulk Shear: 227.51 m/s