MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.33,-102.17 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -102.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 568 2 900 1042 SFC 896 1082 22.6 16.9 70 5.7 18.7 97 7 305.2 307.8 295.8 346.1 13.68 4 850 1537 17.9 15.8 87 2.1 16.5 96 8 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.1 13.44 5 800 2053 14.0 13.5 97 0.5 13.7 78 9 306.0 308.3 295.0 342.8 12.25 6 750 2602 15.7 11.5 76 4.2 12.9 239 1 313.6 315.8 296.4 349.0 11.43 7 700 3186 12.4 8.5 77 3.9 9.9 260 11 316.2 318.2 296.1 347.7 10.04 8 650 3803 7.9 4.1 77 3.9 5.6 275 16 317.9 319.5 295.0 343.0 7.92 9 600 4458 2.8 0.5 85 2.3 1.5 278 17 319.4 320.7 294.4 340.6 6.62 10 550 5157 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.2 281 22 321.6 322.8 294.4 340.6 5.85 11 500 5909 -6.1 -8.6 83 2.5 -7.2 281 27 325.6 326.4 294.0 338.9 4.00 12 450 6728 -10.4 -16.0 64 5.6 -12.5 283 31 330.1 330.6 294.0 338.5 2.44 13 400 7624 -15.8 -27.1 37 11.2 -18.7 280 36 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.04 14 350 8615 -23.4 -34.6 35 11.2 -25.5 286 40 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.4 0.58 15 300 9724 -31.5 -38.6 49 7.1 -32.5 300 44 341.0 341.1 295.0 342.7 0.45 16 250 10990 -41.2 -45.1 66 3.9 -41.5 316 48 344.9 344.9 295.7 346.0 0.27 17 200 12461 -52.9 -66.3 18 13.4 -53.2 313 50 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14270 -63.4 -79.4 10 16.0 -63.5 306 32 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16702 -71.4 -84.6 12 13.2 -71.5 329 14 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.38 m Freezing level: 571.23 mb = 4860.47 m = 15946.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.58 mb = 4736.45 m = 15539.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.25 mb = 1798.50 m = 5900.51 ft T: 15.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 8.45 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1951.56 m = 6402.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.21 C = 73.77 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 36.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.27 mb = 1891.87 m = 6206.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.27 mb = 4454.76 m = 14615.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.27 mb = 9953.37 m = 32655.01 ft B at Equ Level: 148.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.27 mb = 12452.68 m = 40854.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.0 neg: -22.4 tot: 76.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 79.52 m/s