MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.80,-101.54 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 550 SFC 907 961 30.0 18.4 50 11.7 21.6 204 14 311.8 314.6 298.1 357.3 14.83 3 900 1032 27.7 17.8 55 9.9 20.6 205 15 310.0 312.8 297.5 353.9 14.40 4 850 1535 22.4 16.7 70 5.6 18.4 210 17 309.6 312.3 297.3 352.9 14.24 5 800 2059 17.4 15.0 85 2.5 15.7 226 19 309.7 312.3 296.8 350.8 13.49 6 750 2609 15.5 4.9 49 10.6 9.2 242 25 313.4 314.8 293.3 336.1 7.27 7 700 3191 12.1 -2.1 37 14.2 4.6 234 25 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.8 4.68 8 650 3806 8.0 -8.6 30 16.6 0.4 236 27 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.1 3.07 9 600 4460 2.9 -8.2 44 11.1 -2.1 250 22 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.8 3.44 10 550 5159 -1.2 -4.6 78 3.4 -2.9 271 20 322.7 323.6 294.0 338.8 4.95 11 500 5914 -5.0 -9.8 69 4.8 -7.1 275 22 327.0 327.7 294.1 339.2 3.64 12 450 6734 -10.1 -17.1 57 7.0 -12.6 269 25 330.5 331.0 293.9 338.3 2.23 13 400 7630 -16.6 -23.2 57 6.6 -18.6 270 25 333.3 333.6 294.0 338.6 1.48 14 350 8619 -23.6 -35.6 32 12.0 -25.7 262 22 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.53 15 300 9729 -31.0 -46.8 20 15.8 -32.7 269 26 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.19 16 250 10995 -40.9 -62.5 8 21.5 -41.9 284 30 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.03 17 200 12477 -51.2 -70.9 8 19.8 -51.5 303 30 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14286 -65.3 -78.4 15 13.0 -65.4 296 22 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16717 -70.2 -85.3 9 15.1 -70.2 324 10 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.99 m Freezing level: 564.55 mb = 4955.52 m = 16258.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.63 mb = 3898.95 m = 12791.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.16 mb = 2427.70 m = 7964.79 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 29.17 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.23 mb = 2811.49 m = 9223.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.51 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 29.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1176.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.04 mb = 2285.46 m = 7498.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.04 mb = 3628.38 m = 11903.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.04 mb = 12666.83 m = 41557.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1176.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.7 neg: -10.8 tot: 73.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 42.12 Bulk Shear: 27.93 m/s