MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.63,-102.37 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 524 2 900 1011 SFC 893 1081 31.6 19.5 49 12.1 22.8 149 8 314.8 317.9 299.7 365.1 16.21 4 850 1520 25.4 18.1 64 7.3 20.2 156 8 312.7 315.7 298.8 360.8 15.58 5 800 2049 20.2 16.8 81 3.4 17.8 177 7 312.7 315.6 298.6 359.6 15.22 6 750 2604 18.0 6.5 47 11.6 10.9 324 6 316.2 317.7 294.7 341.7 8.12 7 700 3191 14.2 3.9 50 10.3 8.1 316 8 318.2 319.7 294.6 341.3 7.26 8 650 3812 9.4 -0.3 51 9.7 4.1 302 13 319.6 320.8 293.9 338.2 5.77 9 600 4469 3.5 -8.4 41 11.9 -1.9 307 16 320.2 320.8 292.1 331.3 3.39 10 550 5166 -3.2 -10.3 58 7.1 -6.2 308 17 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.7 3.17 11 500 5910 -9.4 -18.2 49 8.8 -12.3 311 21 321.6 322.0 291.1 327.8 1.82 12 450 6718 -13.6 -46.1 5 32.5 -18.5 310 36 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.14 13 400 7601 -19.8 -50.0 5 30.2 -23.4 304 38 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 14 350 8578 -26.1 -55.5 5 29.5 -28.6 318 54 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.06 15 300 9677 -33.1 -58.7 6 25.6 -34.8 322 66 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 16 250 10937 -41.2 -63.9 7 22.7 -42.1 323 73 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 17 200 12418 -50.7 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.1 317 62 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14242 -61.4 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.5 312 38 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16703 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.3 188 6 395.9 395.9 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.69 m Freezing level: 573.91 mb = 4832.51 m = 15854.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.01 mb = 4252.56 m = 13951.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.13 mb = 2603.02 m = 8540.00 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 38.50 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.65 mb = 3015.24 m = 9892.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -10.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -9.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.76 C Cross Totals Index: 27.49 C K Index: 42.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 520.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3098.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.78 mb = 2493.02 m = 8179.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.78 mb = 3498.70 m = 11478.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.78 mb = 14042.95 m = 46072.12 ft B at Equ Level: 3074.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.6 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 335.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -5.2 tot: 56.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 42.85 Bulk Shear: 72.31 m/s