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: 36.23,-102.79 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -102.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 518 2 900 1005 SFC 870 1313 30.7 16.8 43 13.9 20.8 118 8 316.2 318.9 298.7 359.8 13.95 4 850 1514 26.6 15.8 52 10.7 19.0 118 8 314.0 316.5 297.8 355.5 13.41 5 800 2045 21.1 14.6 66 6.5 16.6 117 8 313.7 316.2 297.6 354.5 13.19 6 750 2601 17.8 3.7 39 14.1 9.5 43 9 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.0 6.68 7 700 3187 14.3 1.2 41 13.1 6.8 338 6 318.3 319.4 293.7 337.4 5.98 8 650 3807 9.1 -1.0 49 10.1 3.7 313 12 319.3 320.4 293.6 337.0 5.49 9 600 4463 3.3 -8.1 43 11.5 -2.0 310 16 320.0 320.7 292.1 331.3 3.45 10 550 5160 -3.0 -17.1 33 14.1 -8.1 320 19 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.7 1.82 11 500 5905 -9.0 -29.7 17 20.7 -14.0 316 26 322.1 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.65 12 450 6712 -13.6 -41.4 8 27.8 -18.3 312 38 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 13 400 7595 -20.1 -50.4 5 30.3 -23.6 309 39 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.09 14 350 8572 -26.1 -54.4 5 28.3 -28.7 318 56 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 15 300 9670 -33.1 -57.1 7 24.0 -34.7 321 71 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.06 16 250 10929 -41.5 -62.7 8 21.2 -42.4 321 77 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 17 200 12409 -50.6 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.1 317 66 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14236 -60.5 -81.4 5 20.9 -60.7 311 40 365.8 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16707 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 197 4 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.00 m Freezing level: 573.77 mb = 4828.61 m = 15841.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.53 mb = 4226.97 m = 13867.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.64 mb = 3058.73 m = 10035.09 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.51 mb = 3547.08 m = 11637.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.23 C = 91.82 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1843.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.31 mb = 3015.01 m = 9891.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.31 mb = 3942.95 m = 12936.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.31 mb = 12431.25 m = 40784.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1842.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.9 neg: -26.2 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 21.10 Bulk Shear: 87.36 m/s