MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.95,-101.94 Latitude: 35.95 Longitude: -101.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 593 2 900 1060 SFC 896 1093 17.7 16.9 95 0.8 17.2 144 3 300.1 302.6 294.3 340.0 13.64 4 850 1546 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.1 170 9 301.0 303.2 293.3 336.0 11.89 5 800 2059 13.6 12.7 95 0.8 13.0 45 1 305.6 307.8 294.4 340.5 11.64 6 750 2603 12.4 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 255 5 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.1 11.15 7 700 3180 9.1 7.5 90 1.6 8.1 269 13 312.5 314.3 294.6 341.3 9.33 8 650 3791 5.2 3.0 85 2.2 3.9 325 13 314.9 316.3 293.8 337.9 7.33 9 600 4442 1.8 -0.2 86 2.0 0.7 325 26 318.2 319.4 293.9 338.3 6.29 10 550 5138 -2.1 -3.8 88 1.7 -3.0 332 26 321.6 322.6 294.0 338.7 5.26 11 500 5891 -6.3 -8.7 83 2.4 -7.4 322 33 325.4 326.2 294.0 338.6 3.96 12 450 6707 -10.9 -20.5 45 9.6 -14.0 311 37 329.5 329.9 293.2 335.3 1.66 13 400 7601 -17.1 -21.5 68 4.4 -18.4 293 43 332.7 333.1 294.0 338.8 1.71 14 350 8590 -23.0 -33.9 36 10.9 -25.1 278 48 337.7 337.9 294.3 340.1 0.62 15 300 9702 -30.9 -54.2 8 23.2 -32.8 275 50 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.08 16 250 10970 -40.4 -56.6 16 16.2 -41.3 282 49 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.07 17 200 12447 -53.2 -73.7 7 20.4 -53.6 288 54 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14253 -63.1 -80.3 8 17.2 -63.2 305 40 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16687 -71.1 -84.3 13 13.1 -71.2 350 14 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.74 m Freezing level: 576.78 mb = 4765.24 m = 15633.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.21 mb = 4573.32 m = 15004.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.00 mb = 1193.23 m = 3914.73 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.26 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.54 mb = 1511.08 m = 4957.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.52 C = 65.34 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3786.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.87 mb = 1657.99 m = 5439.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.1 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 345.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: -28.6 tot: 63.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 84.58 m/s