MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.12,-103.51 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 580 SFC 920 862 31.4 17.9 45 13.4 21.8 120 6 311.8 314.5 297.8 355.3 14.16 3 900 1062 26.9 17.4 56 9.4 20.2 123 6 309.2 311.8 297.0 351.9 14.05 4 850 1563 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 18.0 129 6 308.9 311.5 296.9 351.2 13.94 5 800 2086 16.6 15.1 91 1.5 15.6 141 6 308.9 311.5 296.7 350.4 13.66 6 750 2633 12.7 8.9 78 3.8 10.3 207 5 310.3 312.2 294.3 339.8 9.60 7 700 3209 9.5 2.0 60 7.5 5.3 182 6 313.0 314.2 292.4 332.7 6.32 8 650 3822 7.6 -8.3 31 15.9 0.3 207 6 317.6 318.2 291.1 327.9 3.14 9 600 4476 4.5 -15.7 22 20.1 -3.4 199 7 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.88 10 550 5179 0.3 -9.8 47 10.1 -4.3 184 9 324.4 325.1 293.2 335.5 3.30 11 500 5936 -4.5 -11.9 57 7.3 -7.7 178 12 327.5 328.1 293.8 338.0 3.08 12 450 6757 -9.9 -19.2 47 9.3 -13.1 181 16 330.8 331.1 293.6 337.3 1.86 13 400 7654 -16.2 -25.8 43 9.6 -18.8 196 13 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.1 1.17 14 350 8644 -23.5 -30.7 52 7.2 -25.1 215 4 337.0 337.2 294.4 340.2 0.85 15 300 9753 -30.9 -51.8 11 20.9 -32.8 164 4 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.11 16 250 11023 -39.9 -62.8 7 23.0 -40.9 212 4 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.03 17 200 12506 -52.1 -69.2 11 17.1 -52.4 339 16 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14315 -64.7 -79.2 12 14.6 -64.8 36 7 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16726 -73.2 -85.8 13 12.5 -73.3 54 10 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.64 m Freezing level: 546.94 mb = 5225.02 m = 17142.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.56 mb = 3864.93 m = 12680.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.65 mb = 2546.74 m = 8355.34 ft T: 13.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 27.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.27 mb = 2297.30 m = 7536.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.32 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.57 mb = 2272.38 m = 7455.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.57 mb = 2326.71 m = 7633.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.57 mb = 12909.03 m = 42351.94 ft B at Equ Level: 897.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.57 mb = 15763.22 m = 51715.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 208.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 147.20 Bulk Shear: 6.16 m/s