MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.39,-101.38 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -101.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 549 2 900 1026 SFC 899 1037 25.1 16.2 58 8.8 18.9 119 10 307.5 309.9 295.9 346.8 13.03 4 850 1524 19.9 15.0 73 5.0 16.5 122 12 307.0 309.4 295.6 345.2 12.68 5 800 2044 18.1 2.4 35 15.8 9.2 129 3 310.5 311.6 291.2 328.2 5.69 6 750 2595 16.0 7.8 58 8.2 10.9 296 5 313.9 315.6 294.7 341.5 8.88 7 700 3178 12.7 3.8 54 8.9 7.4 306 12 316.5 317.9 294.1 339.2 7.18 8 650 3796 8.6 -3.8 41 12.4 2.3 315 16 318.7 319.6 292.6 333.1 4.45 9 600 4452 4.3 -3.4 57 7.7 0.3 320 23 321.1 322.0 293.6 337.2 4.96 10 550 5155 -0.6 -5.6 69 5.0 -3.0 310 28 323.4 324.3 294.0 338.5 4.60 11 500 5910 -5.5 -10.6 67 5.1 -7.7 308 30 326.3 327.0 293.7 337.8 3.40 12 450 6727 -11.1 -16.5 65 5.3 -13.0 310 30 329.2 329.7 293.7 337.3 2.35 13 400 7621 -16.7 -24.8 50 8.1 -18.9 303 38 333.3 333.5 293.8 337.9 1.28 14 350 8611 -23.5 -29.2 60 5.6 -24.8 299 43 337.0 337.2 294.5 340.6 0.98 15 300 9720 -31.7 -41.7 36 10.0 -32.9 304 49 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.33 16 250 10982 -41.8 -56.3 19 14.5 -42.5 305 54 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.08 17 200 12455 -52.1 -67.8 13 15.7 -52.4 312 48 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14262 -64.6 -79.4 11 14.8 -64.7 316 37 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 19 100 16697 -71.0 -84.5 12 13.6 -71.0 337 16 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.26 m Freezing level: 556.12 mb = 5068.89 m = 16630.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.32 mb = 4515.58 m = 14814.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.88 mb = 2152.73 m = 7062.67 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.90 mb = 3797.00 m = 12457.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.01 C = 96.82 F Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.71 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3584.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.29 mb = 2568.88 m = 8427.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 82.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 113.27 m/s