MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 24.98,-108.70 Latitude: 24.98 Longitude: -108.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -1 28.9 26.3 86 2.6 27.0 153 8 300.7 304.7 299.6 364.7 21.66 1 1000 137 27.5 24.7 85 2.8 25.4 154 9 300.7 304.3 298.6 359.5 19.96 2 950 592 25.0 16.5 59 8.5 19.2 171 9 302.6 304.9 294.3 339.8 12.56 3 900 1066 23.3 13.3 53 10.1 16.7 212 6 305.6 307.6 293.7 337.7 10.71 4 850 1563 21.3 13.5 61 7.9 16.1 74 4 308.5 310.7 295.1 343.4 11.50 5 800 2087 19.0 10.1 57 8.8 13.3 79 6 311.4 313.2 294.7 341.4 9.78 6 750 2639 16.0 5.9 51 10.1 9.9 95 5 314.0 315.4 293.9 338.2 7.77 7 700 3221 11.9 3.8 58 8.1 7.2 79 5 315.7 317.1 293.9 338.4 7.21 8 650 3836 6.9 2.2 72 4.7 4.2 85 5 316.8 318.1 294.0 338.7 6.91 9 600 4488 1.7 -1.9 77 3.5 -0.2 96 7 318.0 319.1 293.3 335.9 5.57 10 550 5184 -2.6 -6.4 75 3.8 -4.4 85 14 321.0 321.9 293.1 335.2 4.32 11 500 5935 -6.3 -11.9 65 5.5 -8.6 81 19 325.3 326.0 293.2 335.7 3.08 12 450 6752 -10.6 -21.0 42 10.4 -13.9 80 21 329.9 330.2 293.2 335.5 1.59 13 400 7649 -16.2 -27.2 38 11.1 -19.0 82 22 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.7 1.02 14 350 8639 -23.2 -32.0 44 8.8 -24.9 74 26 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.3 0.75 15 300 9750 -31.6 -38.7 49 7.2 -32.5 69 27 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.6 0.45 16 250 11012 -42.2 -47.6 56 5.4 -42.6 60 27 343.3 343.4 295.3 344.2 0.21 17 200 12477 -54.2 -59.5 52 5.3 -54.4 57 31 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14271 -65.8 -75.2 26 9.4 -65.9 67 28 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16681 -73.0 -84.8 15 11.8 -73.0 98 27 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.64 m Freezing level: 580.31 mb = 4762.39 m = 15624.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.78 mb = 4464.26 m = 14646.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.09 % Est. max temperature: 35.78 C = 96.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.25 mb = 331.92 m = 1088.95 ft T: 26.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 26.97 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2645.51 m = 8679.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.23 C = 108.01 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 655.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 306.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.37 mb = 1218.45 m = 3997.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.37 mb = 3844.35 m = 12612.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.37 mb = 12817.58 m = 42051.90 ft B at Equ Level: 642.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.37 mb = 15150.37 m = 49705.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.1 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 128.1 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 65.18 Bulk Shear: 10.06 m/s