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: 36.2,-100.67 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 546 SFC 918 852 26.4 17.9 60 8.4 20.4 137 5 306.9 309.6 296.6 349.8 14.24 3 900 1028 27.9 16.5 50 11.5 19.9 154 15 310.3 312.8 296.8 350.6 13.21 4 850 1532 23.3 15.6 62 7.7 17.9 169 14 310.6 313.0 296.8 350.8 13.19 5 800 2057 18.2 14.7 80 3.6 15.8 183 14 310.6 313.1 296.8 351.0 13.23 6 750 2607 15.0 8.5 65 6.5 10.9 223 10 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.8 9.34 7 700 3190 12.7 -5.9 27 18.6 3.5 327 12 316.5 317.2 291.1 327.9 3.52 8 650 3806 8.0 -11.1 25 19.1 -0.3 329 18 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.3 2.52 9 600 4458 1.8 -7.8 49 9.6 -2.6 335 29 318.2 318.9 291.6 329.8 3.54 10 550 5153 -3.2 -9.4 62 6.2 -5.9 322 40 320.3 320.9 292.1 331.5 3.41 11 500 5898 -9.4 -13.8 70 4.4 -11.1 321 42 321.6 322.1 291.8 330.4 2.63 12 450 6702 -15.6 -19.7 71 4.1 -16.9 321 45 323.6 324.0 291.6 329.7 1.79 13 400 7581 -20.6 -47.0 7 26.4 -23.9 329 49 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.14 14 350 8555 -26.5 -51.5 8 24.9 -28.9 337 62 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 15 300 9656 -32.8 -52.4 12 19.6 -34.3 340 87 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.10 16 250 10910 -42.5 -60.1 13 17.6 -43.3 330 79 342.8 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.05 17 200 12388 -50.8 -71.4 7 20.6 -51.2 319 70 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14227 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 309 34 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16709 -66.8 -86.9 4 20.1 -66.9 335 3 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.31 m Freezing level: 581.92 mb = 4709.00 m = 15449.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.29 mb = 3750.88 m = 12305.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.93 mb = 1928.86 m = 6328.19 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 24.68 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.39 mb = 3184.91 m = 10449.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1651.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.17 mb = 2447.64 m = 8030.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.17 mb = 3816.02 m = 12519.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.17 mb = 12091.47 m = 39669.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1646.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.17 mb = 15635.71 m = 51297.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.5 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 347.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.6 neg: -8.3 tot: 168.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.65 Bulk Rich Number: 8.37 Bulk Shear: 197.34 m/s