MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.33,-101.11 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -101.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 544 SFC 911 917 31.1 17.2 43 13.9 21.2 178 7 312.5 315.1 297.6 354.4 13.64 3 900 1028 28.2 16.2 48 12.0 19.8 179 7 310.6 313.1 296.7 350.3 13.00 4 850 1531 23.1 15.1 61 8.0 17.6 178 7 310.3 312.8 296.5 349.5 12.81 5 800 2056 17.9 14.2 79 3.7 15.4 177 7 310.3 312.7 296.5 349.4 12.82 6 750 2605 14.0 9.2 73 4.8 10.9 159 8 311.8 313.7 294.8 341.9 9.77 7 700 3186 12.4 3.7 55 8.7 7.3 248 6 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.8 7.16 8 650 3803 8.4 -5.0 38 13.4 1.7 298 13 318.4 319.2 292.2 331.6 4.05 9 600 4457 2.5 -11.1 36 13.7 -3.3 306 18 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.1 2.72 10 550 5152 -3.8 -14.9 42 11.2 -7.9 315 23 319.6 320.1 290.8 326.9 2.18 11 500 5895 -10.5 -20.6 43 10.0 -13.6 309 29 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.3 1.49 12 450 6696 -15.2 -38.7 11 23.5 -19.3 305 43 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.30 13 400 7575 -21.1 -47.6 7 26.5 -24.3 299 47 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.13 14 350 8546 -28.1 -53.5 7 25.4 -30.2 310 53 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 15 300 9636 -34.6 -60.8 5 26.2 -36.0 316 67 336.6 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.04 16 250 10894 -41.2 -68.1 4 26.9 -42.1 323 77 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 17 200 12378 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 313 63 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14218 -60.2 -81.2 5 21.0 -60.4 285 35 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 325 3 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.13 m Freezing level: 579.79 mb = 4737.66 m = 15543.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.84 mb = 4021.43 m = 13193.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.54 mb = 2666.28 m = 8747.52 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 29.24 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3220.82 m = 10566.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.92 C = 94.85 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 40.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1642.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.43 mb = 2543.37 m = 8344.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.43 mb = 4052.61 m = 13295.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.43 mb = 11730.75 m = 38486.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1628.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.43 mb = 15558.61 m = 51044.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.7 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 328.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: -11.8 tot: 47.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 24.58 Bulk Shear: 66.82 m/s