MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-105.87 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -105.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 -0 29.1 24.8 78 4.3 25.9 321 11 301.3 305.0 298.7 360.1 19.89 1 1000 92 28.0 23.8 78 4.2 24.9 321 11 301.2 304.7 298.1 357.0 18.92 2 950 547 23.7 22.8 94 0.9 23.0 321 12 301.3 304.7 298.0 356.4 18.70 3 900 1019 21.6 15.0 66 6.6 17.1 290 7 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.4 11.98 4 850 1513 19.9 12.5 63 7.3 15.0 310 3 307.0 309.0 294.2 339.5 10.80 5 800 2035 17.7 9.8 60 8.0 12.7 92 7 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.2 9.54 6 750 2584 14.5 9.7 73 4.7 11.4 82 11 312.3 314.2 295.2 343.6 10.15 7 700 3164 10.8 4.5 65 6.3 7.1 89 10 314.5 315.9 293.9 338.2 7.57 8 650 3778 6.6 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 80 13 316.4 317.7 293.6 337.0 6.50 9 600 4430 2.6 -4.3 60 6.9 -0.8 76 16 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.2 4.65 10 550 5129 -1.0 -13.3 39 12.2 -6.0 80 18 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.3 2.50 11 500 5883 -5.2 -21.2 27 16.0 -10.5 88 18 326.7 327.0 292.2 331.6 1.41 12 450 6701 -10.4 -30.3 18 19.9 -15.4 91 15 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.68 13 400 7598 -16.0 -38.0 13 21.9 -20.1 82 12 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.36 14 350 8588 -23.4 -50.6 6 27.2 -26.4 84 11 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.11 15 300 9695 -32.3 -46.2 24 13.8 -33.7 79 12 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.20 16 250 10951 -42.3 -46.9 61 4.6 -42.6 61 11 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.22 17 200 12419 -55.2 -59.0 62 3.9 -55.3 49 13 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14201 -66.9 -72.6 44 5.7 -67.0 37 17 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16612 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.5 115 18 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.10 m Freezing level: 564.05 mb = 4932.42 m = 16182.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.99 mb = 4308.88 m = 14136.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.00 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.60 mb = 541.09 m = 1775.21 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1347.97 m = 4422.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.65 C = 92.58 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.73 C K Index: 31.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1816.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.79 mb = 819.39 m = 2688.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.79 mb = 2744.71 m = 9004.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.79 mb = 14369.93 m = 47144.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1776.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.0 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 101.0 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -27.1 tot: -3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 38.11 Bulk Shear: 47.68 m/s