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 the city database file for: KAMA ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: KAMA Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 1 950 613 SFC 901 1071 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.4 93 5 300.7 303.1 294.3 340.0 13.39 3 900 1080 18.0 16.7 92 1.3 17.1 95 4 300.0 302.5 294.1 339.2 13.38 4 850 1567 15.4 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 195 9 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.4 12.91 5 800 2082 15.8 13.6 87 2.2 14.4 267 7 308.0 310.3 295.6 345.4 12.37 6 750 2630 14.0 9.8 76 4.2 11.3 254 12 311.8 313.7 295.1 343.3 10.23 7 700 3209 10.5 5.2 70 5.3 7.3 254 17 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.9 7.93 8 650 3822 6.1 3.5 83 2.6 4.6 256 19 315.9 317.4 294.3 339.8 7.59 9 600 4474 1.8 1.1 95 0.7 1.4 259 20 318.2 319.5 294.4 340.2 6.94 10 550 5172 -2.0 -3.9 87 1.9 -3.0 269 20 321.7 322.7 294.0 338.7 5.22 11 500 5925 -6.0 -8.4 83 2.4 -7.1 276 14 325.7 326.5 294.1 339.2 4.06 12 450 6743 -10.0 -15.8 62 5.8 -12.2 270 16 330.7 331.2 294.1 339.3 2.48 13 400 7642 -15.6 -25.5 42 9.9 -18.3 280 18 334.8 335.0 294.1 339.1 1.20 14 350 8633 -23.7 -32.0 46 8.3 -25.3 279 15 336.9 337.0 294.3 339.7 0.75 15 300 9740 -32.2 -39.0 51 6.9 -33.1 289 17 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.7 0.43 16 250 10999 -42.5 -48.7 51 6.1 -42.9 300 20 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.6 0.18 17 200 12467 -52.9 -64.0 25 11.1 -53.2 303 30 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14279 -63.9 -79.7 10 15.9 -64.0 323 25 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16701 -70.5 -85.7 9 15.1 -70.6 346 13 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.44 m Freezing level: 576.58 mb = 4801.12 m = 15751.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.78 mb = 4694.09 m = 15400.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.33 mb = 1316.77 m = 4320.06 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.77 mb = 2802.02 m = 9192.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 31.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.88 mb = 1689.22 m = 5541.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.88 mb = 4570.02 m = 14993.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 532.88 mb = 5421.76 m = 17787.71 ft B at Equ Level: 35.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 432.88 mb = 7039.11 m = 23093.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 76.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 36.38 m/s