MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 25.16,-106.96 Latitude: 25.16 Longitude: -106.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 560 SFC 919 847 22.8 19.1 79 3.7 20.2 57 3 303.1 305.9 296.3 348.4 15.27 3 900 1036 24.5 17.6 65 7.0 19.6 63 4 306.8 309.5 296.5 349.5 14.19 4 850 1536 22.8 14.7 60 8.1 17.2 48 3 310.0 312.4 296.2 348.0 12.47 5 800 2063 21.0 10.1 50 10.9 13.9 54 5 313.5 315.3 295.2 343.7 9.74 6 750 2619 18.0 7.2 49 10.8 11.3 80 9 316.1 317.8 295.0 342.9 8.54 7 700 3206 13.8 5.8 58 8.1 8.9 97 13 317.8 319.4 295.3 344.0 8.27 8 650 3825 8.4 4.0 74 4.4 5.8 98 14 318.5 320.0 295.1 343.5 7.89 9 600 4481 3.0 0.1 81 2.9 1.4 91 18 319.6 320.8 294.4 340.3 6.45 10 550 5180 -1.8 -3.9 85 2.1 -2.9 92 20 321.9 323.0 294.0 338.9 5.21 11 500 5932 -6.8 -9.8 79 3.0 -8.1 97 18 324.8 325.5 293.6 336.9 3.63 12 450 6747 -11.6 -14.7 78 3.1 -12.8 101 19 328.6 329.2 293.8 337.9 2.71 13 400 7640 -17.1 -23.8 56 6.7 -19.0 96 21 332.8 333.0 293.7 337.8 1.40 14 350 8626 -24.5 -32.8 46 8.3 -26.1 89 24 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.3 0.69 15 300 9730 -33.0 -41.4 43 8.3 -34.0 88 27 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.2 0.34 16 250 10985 -43.0 -50.3 44 7.3 -43.5 84 31 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.7 0.15 17 200 12453 -53.0 -66.5 18 13.5 -53.3 75 31 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14251 -65.5 -72.8 36 7.2 -65.6 82 26 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16664 -71.9 -84.9 12 13.0 -71.9 90 20 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.25 m Freezing level: 568.79 mb = 4917.24 m = 16132.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4707.08 m = 15442.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.24 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.65 mb = 1326.15 m = 4350.84 ft T: 23.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.01 mb = 3410.98 m = 11190.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.34 C = 99.21 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.73 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 896.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 299.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.52 mb = 2308.58 m = 7573.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.52 mb = 4178.80 m = 13709.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.52 mb = 12370.45 m = 40584.97 ft B at Equ Level: 889.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.52 mb = 15455.12 m = 50705.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 122.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -2.4 tot: 22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 63.49 Bulk Shear: 14.13 m/s