MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.6,-101.15 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -101.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 572 SFC 909 959 21.1 15.5 70 5.6 17.4 120 8 302.4 304.7 294.0 338.8 12.29 3 900 1042 20.7 15.2 70 5.6 17.0 122 13 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.8 12.12 4 850 1534 16.9 14.1 83 2.8 15.0 131 10 303.9 306.1 294.2 339.5 11.97 5 800 2051 18.1 -0.8 28 18.9 8.0 350 2 310.5 311.3 290.2 324.6 4.52 6 750 2602 15.3 8.2 62 7.2 10.8 318 4 313.2 315.0 294.7 341.5 9.11 7 700 3184 12.2 3.6 56 8.6 7.2 314 10 316.0 317.4 293.9 338.4 7.11 8 650 3800 8.0 0.1 57 8.0 3.7 319 13 318.1 319.2 293.6 337.0 5.93 9 600 4455 3.5 -2.0 67 5.4 0.5 329 21 320.1 321.2 293.8 337.9 5.51 10 550 5156 -0.9 -5.4 72 4.5 -3.1 320 24 323.0 323.9 293.9 338.2 4.65 11 500 5910 -6.1 -9.1 79 3.1 -7.4 306 26 325.6 326.4 293.9 338.4 3.83 12 450 6727 -11.4 -12.0 95 0.7 -11.6 302 33 329.0 329.6 294.4 340.4 3.38 13 400 7620 -17.4 -18.1 94 0.7 -17.7 303 42 332.3 332.8 294.4 340.4 2.30 14 350 8605 -23.9 -28.0 69 4.1 -24.8 304 47 336.5 336.8 294.4 340.6 1.09 15 300 9713 -31.8 -38.8 50 6.9 -32.8 305 51 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.2 0.44 16 250 10975 -41.7 -56.7 18 15.0 -42.4 305 55 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.07 17 200 12452 -51.4 -71.3 8 19.8 -51.8 311 41 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14261 -64.2 -78.6 12 14.3 -64.4 304 36 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16693 -71.4 -84.5 13 13.1 -71.5 342 18 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.90 m Freezing level: 560.78 mb = 5005.10 m = 16420.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.59 mb = 4555.49 m = 14945.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.79 mb = 1667.88 m = 5471.97 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 14.82 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.52 mb = 3755.47 m = 12320.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.11 F Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lifted Index: 2.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.68 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 28.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4801.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.41 mb = 2219.11 m = 7280.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -28.8 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 106.00 m/s