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: 36.05,-102.7 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -102.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 526 2 900 1014 SFC 876 1261 30.7 15.5 40 15.2 20.0 162 15 315.6 318.1 297.8 355.3 12.74 4 850 1524 27.2 14.6 46 12.6 18.5 164 18 314.7 317.0 297.3 353.2 12.40 5 800 2056 22.0 13.5 58 8.5 16.2 166 19 314.6 317.0 297.2 352.7 12.26 6 750 2612 16.8 12.1 74 4.7 13.6 178 18 314.8 317.1 297.0 351.8 11.90 7 700 3198 13.9 6.0 59 7.9 9.0 239 19 317.8 319.5 295.4 344.4 8.40 8 650 3820 11.3 -12.5 18 23.8 0.8 278 15 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.3 2.24 9 600 4480 5.7 -18.5 16 24.2 -3.4 297 16 322.7 323.0 291.1 327.7 1.48 10 550 5182 -0.5 -23.6 16 23.1 -7.9 305 18 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.1 1.04 11 500 5935 -6.1 -36.5 7 30.4 -12.8 308 26 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.34 12 450 6749 -11.9 -40.8 7 28.9 -17.1 311 32 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.24 13 400 7639 -18.3 -44.7 8 26.3 -22.1 308 38 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.18 14 350 8620 -25.7 -42.0 20 16.3 -27.8 308 41 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.2 0.27 15 300 9718 -34.1 -43.3 39 9.2 -35.1 315 40 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.4 0.28 16 250 10971 -42.7 -51.0 40 8.4 -43.2 305 37 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.14 17 200 12437 -54.0 -61.3 40 7.3 -54.2 305 43 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14235 -64.2 -79.2 11 15.0 -64.3 270 22 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16691 -65.5 -85.0 5 19.5 -65.6 247 4 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5871.30 m Freezing level: 554.41 mb = 5120.49 m = 16799.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.18 mb = 3945.63 m = 12944.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.03 mb = 3173.09 m = 10410.27 ft T: 13.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 28.49 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.72 mb = 3938.63 m = 12921.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.72 C = 98.09 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 40.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1741.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.36 mb = 3132.94 m = 10278.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.36 mb = 4611.02 m = 15127.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.36 mb = 13439.79 m = 44093.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1729.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.0 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 311.0 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 176.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.83 Bulk Rich Number: 12.16 Bulk Shear: 143.22 m/s