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: 37.34,-101.47 Latitude: 37.34 Longitude: -101.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 525 SFC 905 965 29.1 18.8 54 10.3 21.7 131 9 311.0 313.9 298.2 357.8 15.28 3 900 1010 29.1 18.3 52 10.9 21.3 134 11 311.5 314.4 298.1 357.0 14.84 4 850 1517 25.1 16.4 58 8.7 18.9 167 16 312.4 315.1 297.7 355.3 13.92 5 800 2046 20.3 14.8 71 5.5 16.5 192 16 312.8 315.3 297.5 354.0 13.37 6 750 2600 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.0 206 17 313.0 315.5 297.4 353.4 13.11 7 700 3181 10.7 8.8 88 1.9 9.5 229 17 314.3 316.3 295.7 346.1 10.21 8 650 3795 7.0 3.4 78 3.6 4.9 261 22 316.9 318.3 294.5 340.7 7.54 9 600 4449 2.9 -0.5 78 3.4 1.0 279 24 319.5 320.7 294.1 339.2 6.15 10 550 5149 -1.4 -4.0 83 2.5 -2.7 298 23 322.4 323.4 294.1 339.3 5.19 11 500 5903 -5.7 -8.0 83 2.4 -6.8 295 26 326.1 326.9 294.3 340.0 4.17 12 450 6722 -10.6 -13.5 79 2.9 -11.7 300 28 329.9 330.5 294.4 340.2 3.01 13 400 7618 -16.4 -19.7 76 3.3 -17.5 289 30 333.6 334.1 294.5 340.7 2.01 14 350 8609 -23.2 -27.8 65 4.7 -24.2 277 35 337.5 337.8 294.7 341.6 1.11 15 300 9718 -31.8 -37.6 56 5.9 -32.6 270 34 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.6 0.50 16 250 10983 -40.8 -50.2 36 9.4 -41.4 281 39 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.1 0.15 17 200 12461 -52.3 -65.9 18 13.6 -52.6 292 48 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14270 -63.7 -80.0 9 16.3 -63.8 301 38 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16715 -68.7 -85.5 7 16.8 -68.8 325 14 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.38 m Freezing level: 566.45 mb = 4918.86 m = 16137.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.46 mb = 4633.02 m = 15200.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.24 mb = 2271.65 m = 7452.84 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 18.59 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2685.61 m = 8810.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 45.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1759.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.17 mb = 2574.80 m = 8447.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.17 mb = 2859.97 m = 9382.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.17 mb = 13588.40 m = 44580.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1746.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 296.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 15.33 Bulk Shear: 114.81 m/s