MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.98,-101.05 Latitude: 34.98 Longitude: -101.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 544 SFC 916 874 30.9 17.9 46 12.9 21.6 164 6 311.8 314.5 297.8 355.6 14.26 3 900 1028 28.7 17.1 49 11.7 20.5 166 7 311.1 313.7 297.3 353.2 13.75 4 850 1533 23.8 16.1 62 7.7 18.4 169 7 311.1 313.7 297.3 353.0 13.69 5 800 2059 18.7 15.1 80 3.6 16.2 172 7 311.1 313.7 297.3 352.8 13.63 6 750 2610 15.2 9.3 68 5.9 11.4 225 4 313.1 315.0 295.2 343.6 9.85 7 700 3194 13.8 1.8 44 12.0 6.9 318 8 317.8 319.0 293.7 337.6 6.22 8 650 3813 9.3 -7.4 30 16.7 1.3 335 17 319.5 320.1 291.9 330.6 3.38 9 600 4468 3.3 -13.7 27 17.0 -3.6 329 17 319.9 320.4 290.9 327.3 2.21 10 550 5165 -3.1 -19.9 26 16.8 -8.7 324 23 320.4 320.7 290.4 325.3 1.43 11 500 5910 -8.4 -28.8 18 20.4 -13.6 324 31 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.71 12 450 6719 -13.6 -30.3 23 16.7 -17.4 318 34 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.68 13 400 7602 -19.9 -31.4 35 11.6 -22.2 314 38 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.69 14 350 8581 -25.8 -43.0 18 17.2 -28.0 322 60 334.0 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.25 15 300 9684 -32.2 -53.7 10 21.5 -33.9 331 73 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.09 16 250 10947 -40.9 -61.8 9 21.0 -41.8 327 67 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 17 200 12429 -50.4 -73.3 5 22.9 -50.8 318 51 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14248 -62.9 -79.2 9 16.3 -63.1 304 40 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16704 -68.4 -84.8 8 16.4 -68.5 313 3 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.32 m Freezing level: 574.13 mb = 4828.81 m = 15842.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.70 mb = 3982.27 m = 13065.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.12 mb = 2507.02 m = 8225.02 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 30.29 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.82 mb = 3303.90 m = 10839.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.01 C = 98.61 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1692.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.47 mb = 2503.10 m = 8212.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.47 mb = 4011.08 m = 13159.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.47 mb = 12606.65 m = 41359.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1681.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 23.44 Bulk Shear: 72.20 m/s