MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.79,-102.85 Latitude: 35.79 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 522 2 900 1012 SFC 878 1238 31.2 16.7 42 14.5 20.9 152 14 315.9 318.6 298.5 358.8 13.75 4 850 1523 27.8 15.5 47 12.2 19.2 155 18 315.2 317.8 298.0 356.2 13.17 5 800 2056 22.5 14.4 60 8.1 16.9 160 18 315.2 317.7 297.8 355.8 13.05 6 750 2614 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 14.8 188 18 315.4 318.0 298.0 356.3 13.14 7 700 3200 13.1 9.7 80 3.4 10.9 226 18 317.0 319.1 296.9 351.2 10.89 8 650 3821 11.4 -14.0 15 25.4 0.5 279 14 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.6 1.99 9 600 4482 5.5 -18.0 16 23.5 -3.4 298 15 322.5 322.8 291.1 327.8 1.55 10 550 5184 -0.2 -25.2 13 24.9 -7.9 304 18 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.0 0.90 11 500 5937 -5.9 -37.6 6 31.7 -12.8 309 25 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.30 12 450 6752 -11.6 -42.1 6 30.5 -17.0 311 31 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.4 0.21 13 400 7642 -18.1 -46.0 7 27.9 -22.0 309 37 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 14 350 8624 -25.6 -45.1 14 19.5 -27.9 310 41 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.20 15 300 9722 -34.2 -43.8 37 9.6 -35.1 316 39 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.2 0.26 16 250 10975 -42.5 -52.1 34 9.6 -43.1 303 34 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.12 17 200 12442 -54.1 -61.0 42 6.9 -54.2 305 41 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14239 -64.2 -79.3 11 15.1 -64.3 268 20 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16691 -65.9 -85.1 5 19.2 -66.0 262 6 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.87 m Freezing level: 551.88 mb = 5157.74 m = 16921.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.03 mb = 3910.37 m = 12829.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.44 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.01 mb = 3067.27 m = 10063.11 ft T: 14.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 29.43 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.69 mb = 3761.21 m = 12339.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.44 C = 97.60 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 45.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2276.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.71 mb = 3070.83 m = 10074.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.71 mb = 4268.47 m = 14003.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.71 mb = 14005.80 m = 45950.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2258.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.5 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 310.5 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 181.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.31 Bulk Rich Number: 15.59 Bulk Shear: 145.98 m/s