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: 34.60,-100.72 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -100.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 561 SFC 942 638 23.2 18.0 73 5.1 19.6 108 5 301.4 304.0 294.9 342.4 13.93 3 900 1033 22.8 13.3 55 9.4 16.5 148 22 305.0 307.0 293.6 337.1 10.75 4 850 1531 21.6 13.0 58 8.6 15.9 157 28 308.8 310.9 295.0 342.7 11.15 5 800 2054 19.0 14.7 76 4.3 16.0 194 25 311.4 313.9 297.1 352.0 13.23 6 750 2609 16.8 11.5 71 5.3 13.3 239 21 314.8 317.0 296.7 350.5 11.46 7 700 3194 12.9 7.0 67 5.9 9.2 283 18 316.7 318.5 295.5 345.0 9.00 8 650 3812 9.1 -7.8 29 16.9 1.1 322 18 319.3 319.9 291.7 330.0 3.27 9 600 4468 3.3 -14.0 27 17.2 -3.7 323 21 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.1 2.17 10 550 5164 -3.0 -18.9 28 16.0 -8.4 331 26 320.5 320.9 290.5 325.9 1.55 11 500 5909 -8.8 -22.4 32 13.6 -12.8 340 38 322.3 322.6 290.8 326.7 1.27 12 450 6717 -13.6 -37.8 11 24.2 -18.1 329 39 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.4 0.33 13 400 7602 -19.2 -51.4 4 32.2 -22.9 326 45 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 14 350 8583 -24.9 -53.7 5 28.8 -27.7 332 61 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 15 300 9688 -32.1 -53.8 10 21.7 -33.8 334 72 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.08 16 250 10949 -41.0 -61.8 9 20.8 -41.9 324 65 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 17 200 12430 -52.1 -69.5 11 17.5 -52.4 313 53 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14251 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.2 -61.7 317 30 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16717 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.6 19 5 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.36 m Freezing level: 573.89 mb = 4830.98 m = 15849.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.21 mb = 3962.15 m = 12999.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.69 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.25 mb = 1295.61 m = 4250.62 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 26.12 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.64 mb = 3727.45 m = 12229.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.34 C = 104.62 F Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 514.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.17 mb = 2171.47 m = 7124.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 554.17 mb = 5103.10 m = 16742.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.17 mb = 8703.31 m = 28553.82 ft B at Equ Level: 211.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.17 mb = 11105.58 m = 36435.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.4 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 337.4 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 478.6 neg: -8.1 tot: 470.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 209.49 m/s