MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.85,-101.23 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -101.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 557 SFC 919 854 25.8 18.3 63 7.5 20.5 151 13 306.3 309.0 296.7 350.0 14.58 3 900 1036 25.1 17.4 63 7.6 19.7 156 24 307.3 310.0 296.5 349.7 14.04 4 850 1537 22.8 16.6 68 6.2 18.5 165 34 310.0 312.7 297.3 353.1 14.11 5 800 2064 20.9 14.9 68 6.1 16.7 174 28 313.5 316.0 297.7 354.9 13.42 6 750 2622 18.7 10.5 59 8.2 13.3 207 16 316.9 318.9 296.7 350.5 10.72 7 700 3210 14.5 6.3 58 8.2 9.5 247 15 318.6 320.2 295.7 345.9 8.62 8 650 3831 9.6 1.3 56 8.3 4.9 282 15 319.8 321.1 294.5 340.6 6.48 9 600 4490 5.3 -16.9 18 22.2 -3.3 330 17 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.1 1.70 10 550 5191 -0.5 -22.1 18 21.6 -7.7 340 18 323.4 323.7 291.0 327.6 1.18 11 500 5943 -7.0 -19.7 35 12.7 -11.2 346 23 324.5 324.9 291.7 330.1 1.60 12 450 6756 -12.2 -37.4 10 25.3 -17.1 337 27 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.34 13 400 7645 -18.3 -33.1 26 14.8 -21.3 330 36 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.4 0.59 14 350 8626 -25.6 -39.7 26 14.1 -27.7 332 37 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.35 15 300 9725 -33.6 -45.8 28 12.2 -34.7 334 33 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.9 0.21 16 250 10980 -42.5 -54.0 27 11.5 -43.1 321 34 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.10 17 200 12448 -54.1 -63.6 30 9.5 -54.3 317 35 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14243 -64.6 -77.5 15 12.9 -64.7 298 34 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16698 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 105 11 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.42 m Freezing level: 554.65 mb = 5125.91 m = 16817.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.02 mb = 4219.54 m = 13843.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.03 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.81 mb = 1808.75 m = 5934.15 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 27.35 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.43 mb = 3374.03 m = 11069.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.12 C = 100.61 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 38.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1550.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 284.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.11 mb = 2226.23 m = 7303.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.11 mb = 4623.63 m = 15169.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.11 mb = 13458.50 m = 44154.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1528.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 253.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.30 Bulk Shear: 212.44 m/s