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: 37.28,-101.22 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -101.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 532 SFC 909 924 28.4 19.4 58 9.0 21.9 129 9 309.9 312.8 298.3 358.1 15.83 3 900 1015 28.0 18.8 57 9.2 21.4 134 14 310.4 313.3 298.1 357.3 15.37 4 850 1520 24.0 17.2 66 6.8 19.2 168 16 311.2 314.0 298.0 356.2 14.67 5 800 2048 19.4 15.8 79 3.7 16.9 197 18 311.9 314.6 297.8 355.5 14.22 6 750 2600 15.0 13.1 89 1.9 13.7 217 16 312.9 315.3 297.1 352.3 12.78 7 700 3182 11.0 7.7 80 3.3 8.9 235 14 314.7 316.5 295.3 344.1 9.45 8 650 3796 7.1 3.3 77 3.8 4.8 261 22 317.0 318.4 294.4 340.5 7.46 9 600 4450 2.8 -1.1 76 3.9 0.7 276 25 319.4 320.5 293.9 338.3 5.91 10 550 5150 -1.5 -3.9 83 2.4 -2.7 300 25 322.3 323.4 294.1 339.3 5.21 11 500 5904 -5.7 -8.1 83 2.3 -6.8 303 27 326.0 326.9 294.3 339.9 4.16 12 450 6722 -10.9 -13.3 82 2.4 -11.8 305 28 329.6 330.2 294.3 340.0 3.05 13 400 7617 -16.7 -19.0 83 2.3 -17.4 302 27 333.3 333.7 294.5 340.8 2.13 14 350 8607 -23.1 -25.7 79 2.6 -23.8 284 28 337.6 337.8 294.9 342.5 1.34 15 300 9718 -31.3 -34.3 75 2.9 -31.8 274 33 341.2 341.4 295.3 343.9 0.70 16 250 10982 -41.2 -46.3 58 5.1 -41.6 282 42 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.8 0.24 17 200 12459 -52.2 -65.8 18 13.6 -52.5 296 50 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.03 18 150 14270 -63.4 -80.2 9 16.8 -63.6 303 35 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16715 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 325 15 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.88 m Freezing level: 567.24 mb = 4908.66 m = 16104.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.54 mb = 4591.71 m = 15064.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.39 mb = 2064.89 m = 6774.48 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.75 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.66 mb = 2535.83 m = 8319.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 43.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1948.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.19 mb = 2328.37 m = 7638.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.19 mb = 2722.52 m = 8932.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.19 mb = 13512.13 m = 44330.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1945.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.9 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 299.9 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.05 Bulk Rich Number: 14.56 Bulk Shear: 133.76 m/s