MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.19,-100.44 Latitude: 35.19 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 91 1 950 547 SFC 928 760 32.3 20.3 49 12.0 23.5 44 15 312.1 315.2 299.2 362.6 16.42 3 900 1031 27.6 19.3 61 8.3 21.6 47 16 310.0 313.0 298.4 358.4 15.88 4 850 1534 22.6 18.3 77 4.3 19.6 51 15 309.9 312.8 298.3 358.0 15.80 5 800 2059 17.9 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 87 8 310.3 313.1 298.0 356.5 15.16 6 750 2610 15.5 11.5 77 4.0 12.8 240 8 313.4 315.5 296.3 348.7 11.42 7 700 3193 12.1 6.3 68 5.8 8.5 253 13 315.8 317.5 295.0 342.7 8.57 8 650 3809 6.7 4.2 84 2.6 5.2 266 16 316.6 318.1 294.7 341.7 7.96 9 600 4462 2.9 -0.1 81 3.0 1.2 289 18 319.4 320.7 294.3 339.7 6.33 10 550 5162 -1.6 -4.8 78 3.3 -3.1 294 19 322.2 323.2 293.9 338.2 4.87 11 500 5915 -5.4 -15.9 43 10.6 -9.4 288 21 326.5 326.9 292.8 334.1 2.21 12 450 6736 -9.3 -28.4 20 19.1 -14.4 298 23 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.6 0.82 13 400 7634 -16.3 -19.7 75 3.3 -17.4 292 32 333.8 334.2 294.5 340.9 2.01 14 350 8624 -22.4 -48.5 7 26.1 -25.6 304 31 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.13 15 300 9737 -31.2 -38.5 49 7.2 -32.3 311 32 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.1 0.46 16 250 11002 -41.4 -50.4 37 9.0 -42.0 312 41 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.15 17 200 12475 -52.8 -60.0 41 7.2 -53.0 299 45 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.06 18 150 14279 -63.7 -79.3 10 15.7 -63.8 305 40 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16708 -70.6 -84.6 11 14.1 -70.6 331 17 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.93 m Freezing level: 567.53 mb = 4916.54 m = 16130.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.02 mb = 4651.92 m = 15262.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.64 mb = 2268.38 m = 7442.11 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 28.51 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2240.42 m = 7350.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 40.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2294.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.18 mb = 2110.80 m = 6925.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.18 mb = 2721.85 m = 8929.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.18 mb = 14271.94 m = 46823.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2268.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.6 neg: -1.3 tot: 178.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 25.32 Bulk Shear: 90.63 m/s