MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.26,-101.62 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 552 2 900 1036 SFC 897 1070 30.1 19.3 53 10.7 22.3 133 12 312.9 315.9 299.1 362.1 15.96 4 850 1540 23.3 17.4 70 5.9 19.1 133 14 310.5 313.3 297.9 355.9 14.87 5 800 2067 21.0 2.4 29 18.6 10.3 143 10 313.6 314.6 292.1 331.4 5.69 6 750 2622 17.9 1.4 33 16.5 8.5 217 1 316.0 317.1 292.8 334.0 5.66 7 700 3207 13.7 -0.7 37 14.4 5.8 269 6 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.3 5.19 8 650 3825 8.3 -0.4 54 8.7 3.5 281 9 318.4 319.5 293.5 336.7 5.72 9 600 4481 3.5 -7.8 43 11.3 -1.7 294 15 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.8 3.54 10 550 5179 -2.0 -17.3 30 15.3 -7.6 315 18 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.78 11 500 5928 -7.0 -29.4 15 22.4 -12.8 318 23 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.0 0.67 12 450 6742 -11.8 -40.8 7 29.0 -17.0 316 34 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.24 13 400 7631 -18.4 -45.9 7 27.5 -22.2 316 37 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.16 14 350 8613 -25.4 -40.5 23 15.1 -27.5 322 35 334.5 334.6 293.3 335.8 0.32 15 300 9712 -33.8 -44.5 33 10.8 -34.8 324 38 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.24 16 250 10966 -42.3 -52.6 32 10.2 -42.9 320 41 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.6 0.12 17 200 12436 -53.5 -64.8 24 11.2 -53.8 312 39 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14234 -64.6 -78.7 13 14.1 -64.7 279 17 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -66.5 -84.9 6 18.4 -66.6 190 6 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.33 m Freezing level: 568.35 mb = 4922.82 m = 16150.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.48 mb = 4258.77 m = 13972.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.30 mb = 2425.59 m = 7957.87 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 30.64 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.68 mb = 3502.14 m = 11489.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.19 F Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1283.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.37 mb = 2800.43 m = 9187.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.37 mb = 4089.35 m = 13416.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.37 mb = 12777.25 m = 41919.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1280.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.37 mb = 16139.91 m = 52951.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.4 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 336.4 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.9 neg: -3.5 tot: 68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 11.98 Bulk Shear: 107.19 m/s