MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.68,-100.44 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 543 SFC 924 790 29.5 20.2 57 9.3 22.7 147 9 309.5 312.6 298.5 359.2 16.32 3 900 1027 27.6 18.8 59 8.8 21.3 159 13 309.9 312.8 298.1 356.7 15.35 4 850 1530 22.9 17.7 72 5.2 19.2 181 15 310.1 313.0 298.0 356.3 15.13 5 800 2055 18.1 16.1 88 2.0 16.7 205 19 310.5 313.2 297.7 354.9 14.56 6 750 2607 15.3 9.3 68 6.0 11.4 240 18 313.2 315.0 295.2 343.7 9.87 7 700 3188 11.2 5.4 67 5.8 7.7 256 18 314.9 316.4 294.3 340.1 8.05 8 650 3802 6.8 0.2 63 6.6 3.2 266 22 316.7 317.8 293.3 335.8 6.00 9 600 4455 2.8 -2.2 70 4.9 0.2 276 24 319.3 320.4 293.6 336.9 5.45 10 550 5154 -1.5 -6.0 71 4.5 -3.7 279 24 322.3 323.2 293.6 336.9 4.45 11 500 5908 -5.8 -10.2 71 4.4 -7.7 288 24 326.0 326.7 293.8 337.9 3.53 12 450 6726 -10.9 -12.0 91 1.1 -11.4 295 29 329.5 330.2 294.6 341.0 3.38 13 400 7621 -16.5 -20.1 74 3.6 -17.6 286 31 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.5 1.95 14 350 8611 -23.6 -35.0 34 11.5 -25.6 276 30 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.1 0.56 15 300 9717 -32.3 -49.9 16 17.6 -33.8 286 30 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.13 16 250 10981 -40.5 -56.8 16 16.3 -41.4 298 40 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.07 17 200 12463 -51.6 -67.3 14 15.8 -51.9 300 45 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14275 -64.7 -79.3 12 14.7 -64.8 299 33 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16711 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 324 15 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.59 m Freezing level: 567.28 mb = 4912.25 m = 16116.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.47 mb = 4488.70 m = 14726.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.95 mb = 1969.72 m = 6462.26 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 23.42 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2421.73 m = 7945.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 40.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1976.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.99 mb = 2152.15 m = 7060.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.99 mb = 2765.39 m = 9072.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.99 mb = 14028.30 m = 46024.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1963.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 21.37 Bulk Shear: 92.52 m/s