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: 36,-100.83 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 557 SFC 919 847 25.2 15.4 55 9.7 18.5 107 10 305.6 307.8 294.7 341.8 12.08 3 900 1032 22.9 14.6 60 8.3 17.4 108 11 305.1 307.3 294.4 340.2 11.72 4 850 1526 18.1 13.6 75 4.4 15.1 108 11 305.1 307.2 294.3 339.8 11.62 5 800 2043 17.5 1.1 33 16.3 8.5 29 4 309.8 310.8 290.6 325.9 5.20 6 750 2593 15.4 6.4 55 9.0 9.9 335 6 313.3 314.8 293.9 338.3 8.04 7 700 3174 11.6 6.1 69 5.5 8.3 321 10 315.4 317.0 294.8 342.0 8.49 8 650 3791 8.2 0.1 57 8.0 3.7 319 15 318.2 319.3 293.6 337.2 5.96 9 600 4446 3.5 -7.2 45 10.7 -1.6 315 21 320.2 320.9 292.3 332.3 3.72 10 550 5147 -0.8 -6.2 67 5.4 -3.4 314 30 323.1 324.0 293.7 337.5 4.37 11 500 5902 -5.8 -9.6 74 3.8 -7.5 306 30 326.0 326.7 293.9 338.3 3.69 12 450 6719 -11.3 -15.6 71 4.3 -12.9 309 30 329.0 329.6 293.7 337.8 2.53 13 400 7611 -17.2 -22.2 65 5.0 -18.7 304 41 332.6 333.0 293.9 338.4 1.62 14 350 8599 -24.4 -29.5 62 5.1 -25.5 301 46 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.4 0.95 15 300 9706 -31.7 -46.5 22 14.8 -33.3 302 52 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 16 250 10967 -42.0 -52.7 30 10.7 -42.6 307 57 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.12 17 200 12441 -52.0 -70.6 9 18.6 -52.4 314 57 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14249 -64.3 -80.0 10 15.7 -64.4 313 43 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 19 100 16693 -70.2 -85.1 9 14.9 -70.3 325 19 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.36 m Freezing level: 559.41 mb = 5015.19 m = 16453.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4246.48 m = 13931.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.85 mb = 2076.63 m = 6813.00 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.84 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.50 mb = 3632.48 m = 11917.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.75 C = 98.15 F Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 32.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4449.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.18 mb = 2256.88 m = 7404.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.6 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 346.6 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -12.5 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 103.39 m/s