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: 36.14,-102.25 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -102.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 574 2 900 1048 SFC 888 1168 21.7 16.9 74 4.7 18.4 54 12 305.0 307.6 295.8 346.3 13.80 4 850 1543 18.3 15.7 85 2.6 16.5 58 18 305.3 307.7 295.5 345.0 13.29 5 800 2060 14.1 13.7 97 0.4 13.9 62 15 306.2 308.6 295.2 343.6 12.45 6 750 2603 11.6 9.6 87 2.0 10.3 82 10 309.2 311.1 294.3 339.7 10.03 7 700 3180 9.8 7.8 87 2.1 8.6 111 0 313.4 315.2 295.0 342.9 9.52 8 650 3793 6.2 5.1 93 1.1 5.6 257 10 316.0 317.7 295.0 342.8 8.53 9 600 4446 2.3 0.9 90 1.4 1.5 249 17 318.8 320.1 294.4 340.5 6.81 10 550 5145 -1.8 -2.6 95 0.7 -2.2 257 24 321.9 323.0 294.5 340.6 5.77 11 500 5898 -5.8 -7.1 91 1.3 -6.4 265 32 326.0 326.9 294.6 340.9 4.50 12 450 6717 -10.5 -12.6 85 2.0 -11.3 270 38 330.0 330.7 294.6 341.1 3.24 13 400 7613 -16.6 -19.0 82 2.4 -17.4 275 38 333.4 333.8 294.6 340.9 2.13 14 350 8602 -23.2 -25.8 79 2.7 -23.8 286 40 337.5 337.8 294.9 342.4 1.33 15 300 9715 -30.7 -33.7 75 2.9 -31.2 301 48 342.1 342.2 295.5 344.9 0.74 16 250 10981 -41.5 -44.8 70 3.3 -41.8 304 56 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.5 0.28 17 200 12449 -53.5 -61.2 39 7.6 -53.8 306 57 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14262 -63.0 -80.2 8 17.2 -63.2 305 39 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16702 -70.9 -84.9 11 14.0 -71.0 324 14 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.26 m Freezing level: 572.20 mb = 4834.74 m = 15861.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.89 mb = 4719.99 m = 15485.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.95 mb = 1767.41 m = 5798.53 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 6.52 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 2014.52 m = 6609.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.75 C = 72.95 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 37.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.31 mb = 1951.06 m = 6401.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.31 mb = 2109.71 m = 6921.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.31 mb = 2768.79 m = 9083.85 ft B at Equ Level: 7.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 695.31 mb = 3235.96 m = 10616.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.7 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 298.7 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.6 neg: -13.9 tot: 129.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 153.81 m/s