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: 37.08,-100.51 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -100.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 546 SFC 926 778 27.3 20.7 67 6.6 22.5 117 9 307.2 310.3 298.3 358.0 16.87 3 900 1026 25.7 19.6 69 6.2 21.3 129 13 308.0 311.1 298.1 356.8 16.12 4 850 1527 21.8 18.0 79 3.8 19.1 175 15 309.0 311.9 297.9 355.9 15.45 5 800 2051 17.6 16.7 94 0.9 17.0 216 16 309.9 312.8 297.9 356.0 15.12 6 750 2602 15.2 9.2 67 6.1 11.4 253 15 313.1 315.0 295.1 343.3 9.77 7 700 3183 11.1 5.6 69 5.4 7.8 253 16 314.8 316.3 294.4 340.4 8.21 8 650 3798 7.0 2.1 71 4.9 4.2 263 24 316.9 318.2 294.0 338.6 6.86 9 600 4451 2.7 -1.6 73 4.3 0.4 276 29 319.3 320.4 293.7 337.5 5.68 10 550 5150 -1.4 -4.5 79 3.1 -3.0 279 31 322.4 323.4 294.0 338.7 4.98 11 500 5904 -6.0 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.7 292 33 325.7 326.6 294.4 340.3 4.39 12 450 6721 -11.5 -13.5 85 2.0 -12.2 300 35 328.8 329.4 294.1 339.1 3.01 13 400 7616 -16.3 -18.7 82 2.4 -17.1 290 35 333.8 334.2 294.7 341.5 2.18 14 350 8607 -23.6 -30.2 55 6.5 -25.0 280 34 336.9 337.1 294.4 340.2 0.89 15 300 9714 -32.5 -41.4 40 9.0 -33.6 283 29 339.6 339.7 294.6 340.9 0.34 16 250 10976 -41.0 -49.3 41 8.3 -41.6 295 41 345.1 345.1 295.7 345.8 0.17 17 200 12456 -51.5 -66.9 14 15.5 -51.8 302 48 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14269 -64.3 -79.5 11 15.3 -64.4 298 32 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16709 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 323 15 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.58 m Freezing level: 566.82 mb = 4915.10 m = 16125.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.67 mb = 4536.36 m = 14882.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.48 mb = 1614.45 m = 5296.69 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 18.45 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2114.21 m = 6936.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 40.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2000.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.70 mb = 1894.07 m = 6214.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.70 mb = 2833.47 m = 9296.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.70 mb = 13874.42 m = 45519.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1985.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.9 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 299.9 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.39 Bulk Rich Number: 13.33 Bulk Shear: 150.13 m/s