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: 35.8,-101.38 Latitude: 35.80 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 120 1 950 568 SFC 912 925 23.0 15.5 63 7.5 17.9 117 9 304.0 306.3 294.4 340.4 12.23 3 900 1041 22.0 15.1 65 6.9 17.3 120 14 304.1 306.4 294.3 340.0 12.04 4 850 1534 18.1 14.1 78 4.0 15.4 132 11 305.1 307.3 294.5 340.8 11.96 5 800 2051 16.9 1.5 35 15.4 8.4 245 1 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.7 5.35 6 750 2601 15.3 7.9 61 7.4 10.7 310 4 313.2 314.9 294.6 341.0 8.96 7 700 3183 12.5 3.1 53 9.4 7.0 316 10 316.3 317.7 293.8 337.9 6.83 8 650 3800 8.2 -0.7 54 8.9 3.4 318 14 318.2 319.3 293.3 336.1 5.60 9 600 4455 3.3 -2.6 65 5.9 0.3 330 22 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.0 5.27 10 550 5156 -1.0 -5.4 72 4.4 -3.2 318 21 322.9 323.8 293.9 338.1 4.64 11 500 5910 -6.2 -8.7 82 2.5 -7.3 303 25 325.5 326.3 294.0 338.8 3.97 12 450 6726 -11.3 -12.6 91 1.2 -11.8 300 31 329.0 329.6 294.3 340.0 3.23 13 400 7620 -17.1 -17.3 98 0.2 -17.2 302 39 332.8 333.3 294.6 341.3 2.45 14 350 8605 -24.3 -25.9 87 1.6 -24.7 303 45 335.9 336.2 294.5 340.8 1.32 15 300 9712 -32.1 -38.4 54 6.3 -32.9 304 51 340.2 340.2 294.8 342.0 0.46 16 250 10973 -41.6 -58.2 15 16.7 -42.4 304 57 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 17 200 12451 -51.3 -72.1 7 20.8 -51.7 310 41 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14260 -64.4 -78.1 14 13.7 -64.5 301 36 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16694 -71.1 -84.3 12 13.2 -71.1 340 17 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.33 m Freezing level: 561.84 mb = 4989.68 m = 16370.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.32 mb = 4504.59 m = 14778.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.30 mb = 1869.04 m = 6131.95 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 15.09 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3698.25 m = 12133.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.67 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.43 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 28.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4410.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.43 mb = 2240.52 m = 7350.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.7 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 342.7 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.4 neg: -11.5 tot: 77.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 108.32 m/s