MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.94,-101.05 Latitude: 35.94 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 87 1 950 542 SFC 916 871 26.9 18.7 61 8.2 21.1 138 5 307.7 310.5 297.3 352.9 14.98 3 900 1025 28.3 17.0 50 11.4 20.4 157 14 310.7 313.3 297.1 352.4 13.64 4 850 1530 23.7 15.7 61 7.9 18.2 168 13 310.9 313.5 297.0 351.8 13.35 5 800 2056 18.6 14.7 78 3.9 16.0 179 12 311.0 313.5 297.0 351.6 13.29 6 750 2607 16.8 5.3 47 11.5 9.9 241 5 314.8 316.3 293.9 338.3 7.49 7 700 3192 13.6 -6.2 25 19.7 3.8 311 12 317.5 318.2 291.3 328.7 3.44 8 650 3809 8.4 -11.5 23 19.9 -0.3 326 18 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.5 2.44 9 600 4462 2.4 -7.8 47 10.2 -2.3 342 30 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.5 3.55 10 550 5159 -3.0 -8.1 68 5.1 -5.3 320 36 320.5 321.3 292.5 332.9 3.76 11 500 5905 -9.3 -11.5 84 2.2 -10.2 318 42 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.2 3.18 12 450 6710 -15.5 -16.5 92 1.0 -15.8 322 45 323.8 324.3 292.2 331.7 2.34 13 400 7589 -19.9 -42.4 12 22.5 -23.2 329 48 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.23 14 350 8568 -25.0 -50.2 8 25.1 -27.7 338 66 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.11 15 300 9673 -32.8 -50.8 15 17.9 -34.3 342 78 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.12 16 250 10929 -42.1 -61.2 11 19.1 -42.9 328 70 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12407 -51.4 -69.7 10 18.2 -51.8 318 61 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14235 -60.3 -80.8 5 20.5 -60.4 314 38 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16710 -67.3 -85.8 6 18.4 -67.5 345 4 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.07 m Freezing level: 577.62 mb = 4774.04 m = 15662.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.33 mb = 3766.75 m = 12357.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.78 mb = 1918.43 m = 6294.00 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 26.40 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.38 mb = 3282.92 m = 10770.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.61 C = 97.90 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 28.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1729.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.72 mb = 2463.68 m = 8082.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.72 mb = 3838.02 m = 12591.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.72 mb = 12480.10 m = 40944.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1724.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.72 mb = 16255.85 m = 53332.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: -2.4 tot: 138.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 9.71 Bulk Shear: 178.04 m/s