MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 35.81,-101.68 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -101.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 507 SFC 900 1001 38.1 8.8 17 29.4 18.8 202 15 320.8 322.3 295.7 346.0 7.89 3 900 1004 38.1 8.4 17 29.7 18.7 202 15 320.7 322.2 295.6 345.4 7.69 4 850 1523 33.2 6.4 19 26.8 16.1 207 23 320.9 322.3 295.2 343.7 7.08 5 800 2063 27.9 5.1 23 22.8 13.7 213 24 320.9 322.3 295.1 343.2 6.92 6 750 2629 22.5 4.6 31 17.9 11.5 221 25 321.0 322.4 295.2 343.8 7.08 7 700 3223 16.8 3.1 40 13.7 8.6 230 24 321.1 322.5 295.1 343.2 6.87 8 650 3848 11.7 -1.6 39 13.3 4.4 261 15 322.2 323.2 294.1 339.2 5.22 9 600 4510 6.0 -6.1 41 12.1 0.0 304 11 323.0 323.8 293.4 336.4 4.04 10 550 5214 -0.4 -8.7 53 8.3 -4.2 313 12 323.6 324.3 293.2 335.6 3.60 11 500 5967 -6.7 -11.9 66 5.2 -8.8 331 18 324.9 325.5 293.1 335.2 3.08 12 450 6781 -11.8 -27.2 27 15.4 -15.9 342 23 328.4 328.5 292.2 331.6 0.91 13 400 7671 -18.2 -42.0 11 23.8 -21.9 347 28 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.24 14 350 8653 -25.5 -50.7 8 25.2 -28.1 346 26 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 15 300 9753 -33.4 -50.2 17 16.7 -34.8 326 22 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.13 16 250 11005 -43.9 -50.5 48 6.6 -44.3 304 29 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.15 17 200 12462 -55.2 -63.7 34 8.5 -55.4 302 33 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14245 -67.7 -72.0 54 4.3 -67.7 320 26 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16676 -66.0 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.1 12 9 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5928.07 m Freezing level: 553.15 mb = 5169.94 m = 16961.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4513.23 m = 14807.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.29 % Est. max temperature: 38.35 C = 101.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 589.63 mb = 4651.18 m = 15259.58 ft T: 4.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 557.42 mb = 5105.85 m = 16751.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.80 C = 105.45 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.87 C Cross Totals Index: 13.04 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 415.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 577.33 mb = 4821.86 m = 15819.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.33 mb = 5472.32 m = 17953.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.33 mb = 11770.99 m = 38618.27 ft B at Equ Level: 414.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.33 mb = 14559.48 m = 47766.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: -2.4 tot: 101.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 8.70 Bulk Shear: 47.71 m/s