MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.76,-102.79 Latitude: 32.76 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 78 1 950 530 2 900 1010 SFC 896 1044 23.7 14.8 57 8.9 17.7 183 7 306.3 308.5 294.8 342.2 11.93 4 850 1513 25.1 13.5 49 11.6 17.2 192 37 312.4 314.6 296.2 348.0 11.55 5 800 2044 23.8 9.5 40 14.4 14.5 200 25 316.5 318.3 295.7 345.9 9.33 6 750 2605 20.2 6.1 40 14.1 11.4 215 12 318.5 320.0 295.2 343.7 7.92 7 700 3195 15.4 3.6 45 11.8 8.4 256 3 319.6 320.9 294.9 342.3 7.12 8 650 3818 10.3 -1.9 42 12.2 3.7 334 12 320.7 321.7 293.6 337.2 5.12 9 600 4476 4.2 -6.1 47 10.3 -0.8 344 17 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.3 4.05 10 550 5176 -2.3 -12.5 45 10.2 -6.4 354 20 321.4 321.9 291.8 330.2 2.66 11 500 5924 -7.1 -26.1 20 19.0 -12.4 20 22 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.6 0.91 12 450 6740 -9.4 -50.5 2 41.1 -15.8 358 24 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.08 13 400 7639 -15.9 -54.6 2 38.7 -20.6 354 26 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 14 350 8627 -24.4 -50.2 7 25.8 -27.2 355 30 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 15 300 9731 -33.1 -60.8 5 27.8 -34.7 334 33 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 16 250 10986 -42.6 -63.3 9 20.7 -43.4 324 33 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12454 -53.5 -67.0 18 13.6 -53.7 308 33 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14251 -65.4 -76.6 20 11.2 -65.5 308 30 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16686 -68.9 -84.7 8 15.8 -68.9 70 5 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.89 m Freezing level: 567.63 mb = 4929.01 m = 16171.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.87 mb = 4355.44 m = 14289.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.85 % Est. max temperature: 35.62 C = 96.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.56 mb = 2191.60 m = 7190.19 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 20.38 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.59 mb = 4028.00 m = 13215.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.76 C = 99.96 F Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.91 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 405.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.05 mb = 3061.18 m = 10043.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.05 mb = 4803.59 m = 15759.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.05 mb = 11648.60 m = 38216.73 ft B at Equ Level: 488.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.05 mb = 14411.42 m = 47280.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.3 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 2.3 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.6 neg: -7.3 tot: 144.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 2.39 Bulk Shear: 204.58 m/s