MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 35.26,-101.46 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 616 SFC 902 1057 17.5 16.4 93 1.2 16.8 82 5 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.6 13.10 3 900 1081 17.0 16.2 95 0.8 16.5 82 5 299.0 301.4 293.5 336.8 12.96 4 850 1567 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 189 9 302.1 304.4 294.3 339.9 12.79 5 800 2082 15.5 13.6 89 1.9 14.3 264 7 307.6 310.0 295.5 344.9 12.34 6 750 2630 13.9 9.5 74 4.5 11.1 254 11 311.7 313.6 294.9 342.4 9.97 7 700 3209 10.4 5.0 69 5.3 7.2 256 17 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.5 7.86 8 650 3822 6.0 3.5 84 2.6 4.5 259 20 315.8 317.2 294.2 339.6 7.58 9 600 4474 2.1 1.7 97 0.4 1.8 261 21 318.5 319.9 294.7 341.5 7.22 10 550 5172 -2.1 -2.7 96 0.5 -2.4 272 20 321.5 322.7 294.3 340.1 5.73 11 500 5924 -6.1 -8.1 85 2.1 -7.0 279 15 325.6 326.5 294.2 339.4 4.15 12 450 6742 -10.0 -16.0 62 6.0 -12.3 271 16 330.6 331.1 294.1 339.0 2.43 13 400 7641 -15.6 -23.8 49 8.2 -17.9 281 19 334.8 335.1 294.3 339.8 1.40 14 350 8633 -23.6 -32.3 45 8.7 -25.3 291 18 337.0 337.2 294.3 339.7 0.73 15 300 9740 -32.2 -38.5 53 6.3 -33.0 287 18 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.8 0.46 16 250 10999 -42.6 -48.4 53 5.8 -43.0 302 21 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.19 17 200 12466 -53.0 -64.1 25 11.0 -53.3 302 31 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14277 -63.9 -79.8 10 15.9 -64.0 322 26 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16700 -70.5 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.6 345 14 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.99 m Freezing level: 575.41 mb = 4817.07 m = 15803.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.54 mb = 4765.95 m = 15636.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.45 mb = 1200.66 m = 3939.11 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 6.41 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.01 mb = 2822.06 m = 9258.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.27 C = 86.48 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 31.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3606.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.94 mb = 1648.40 m = 5408.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 90.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 44.83 m/s