MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.61,-101.74 Latitude: 35.61 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 534 SFC 903 991 28.8 21.0 63 7.8 23.0 129 7 310.9 314.2 299.6 364.7 17.57 3 900 1018 28.0 20.6 64 7.4 22.5 129 7 310.3 313.6 299.2 362.8 17.18 4 850 1522 22.8 19.3 81 3.5 20.3 137 8 310.0 313.2 299.0 361.3 16.82 5 800 2052 21.7 12.1 55 9.5 15.3 277 4 314.2 316.4 296.4 349.0 11.19 6 750 2608 18.3 0.8 31 17.6 8.5 39 6 316.5 317.5 292.7 333.7 5.40 7 700 3194 14.2 -1.9 33 16.0 5.6 320 5 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.5 4.77 8 650 3813 9.1 -0.6 51 9.7 3.8 309 13 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.3 5.63 9 600 4469 3.2 -6.8 48 10.0 -1.5 312 17 319.9 320.6 292.4 332.4 3.84 10 550 5166 -3.1 -18.5 29 15.5 -8.4 317 18 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.9 1.61 11 500 5910 -9.4 -28.6 19 19.1 -14.2 325 27 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.1 0.72 12 450 6716 -14.2 -34.7 16 20.4 -18.3 323 41 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.45 13 400 7599 -19.6 -43.9 10 24.3 -23.0 317 51 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 14 350 8578 -25.4 -51.4 7 25.9 -28.0 323 61 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 15 300 9680 -32.6 -54.1 10 21.5 -34.2 329 72 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 16 250 10936 -42.5 -55.5 23 13.0 -43.2 321 68 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.3 0.08 17 200 12412 -51.6 -68.4 12 16.9 -52.0 321 59 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14232 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.5 313 40 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 301 3 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.85 m Freezing level: 574.47 mb = 4825.09 m = 15830.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.26 mb = 4276.79 m = 14031.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.15 % Est. max temperature: 34.09 C = 93.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.95 mb = 1987.04 m = 6519.09 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km ThetaE index: 31.17 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.84 mb = 3015.48 m = 9893.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.36 C = 95.64 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -9.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -10.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.24 C Cross Totals Index: 28.74 C K Index: 35.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2813.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.67 mb = 2240.40 m = 7350.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.67 mb = 3589.06 m = 11775.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.67 mb = 13527.84 m = 44382.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2805.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: -14.0 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 35.47 Bulk Shear: 79.31 m/s