MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.15,-100.36 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 562 SFC 930 751 22.6 20.1 86 2.5 20.8 103 9 302.0 305.0 296.5 349.6 16.11 3 900 1036 24.7 18.0 67 6.6 20.0 146 23 307.0 309.7 296.8 351.0 14.63 4 850 1537 21.7 16.3 71 5.4 17.9 190 26 308.9 311.5 296.8 351.0 13.86 5 800 2060 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.6 214 24 310.3 312.8 296.7 350.2 13.06 6 750 2610 14.0 11.3 84 2.7 12.3 245 23 311.8 313.9 295.8 346.5 11.31 7 700 3190 10.6 6.1 74 4.5 7.9 269 15 314.2 315.8 294.4 340.6 8.47 8 650 3803 6.3 2.7 78 3.6 4.2 291 17 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.7 7.17 9 600 4455 2.1 -2.2 73 4.3 -0.1 308 23 318.6 319.7 293.3 336.1 5.44 10 550 5152 -2.2 -5.4 79 3.2 -3.7 303 23 321.5 322.4 293.5 336.7 4.66 11 500 5904 -6.6 -8.8 84 2.2 -7.6 301 23 325.0 325.7 293.8 338.0 3.92 12 450 6721 -11.0 -15.4 69 4.5 -12.6 287 20 329.5 330.0 293.9 338.3 2.56 13 400 7614 -17.6 -21.5 72 3.9 -18.7 282 22 332.2 332.5 293.9 338.3 1.72 14 350 8598 -25.1 -30.3 62 5.1 -26.2 298 32 334.9 335.0 293.9 338.1 0.88 15 300 9702 -31.7 -40.5 41 8.8 -32.8 294 43 340.8 340.8 294.8 342.2 0.37 16 250 10965 -41.6 -60.4 11 18.7 -42.5 297 51 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 17 200 12441 -52.1 -71.1 9 18.9 -52.5 300 52 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14253 -63.3 -78.6 11 15.4 -63.4 299 39 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16706 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 321 19 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.54 m Freezing level: 575.27 mb = 4800.07 m = 15748.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.12 mb = 4439.96 m = 14566.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.12 mb = 1074.18 m = 3524.16 ft T: 24.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 14.93 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.50 mb = 2424.73 m = 7955.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 40.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1219.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.58 mb = 1936.25 m = 6352.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.58 mb = 3111.33 m = 10207.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.58 mb = 12549.29 m = 41171.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1212.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.58 mb = 15777.81 m = 51763.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 299.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.0 neg: -7.2 tot: 404.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.25 Bulk Shear: 168.04 m/s