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 the city database file for: KAMA ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: KAMA Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 552 2 900 1035 SFC 896 1072 29.8 17.9 49 11.9 21.2 197 13 312.6 315.3 298.1 357.3 14.52 4 850 1539 23.1 16.4 66 6.7 18.4 201 15 310.3 313.0 297.3 352.8 13.90 5 800 2064 18.0 15.0 83 3.0 16.0 212 17 310.3 312.9 297.0 351.6 13.52 6 750 2615 15.1 4.5 49 10.6 8.9 232 21 313.0 314.4 293.0 335.0 7.06 7 700 3195 11.3 -2.6 38 13.9 4.1 223 23 315.0 315.8 291.5 329.4 4.52 8 650 3809 8.3 -16.4 16 24.7 -1.3 227 24 318.4 318.7 289.9 323.9 1.63 9 600 4463 3.5 -17.6 20 21.1 -4.4 245 19 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.6 1.59 10 550 5163 -0.8 -9.6 51 8.8 -4.7 270 16 323.1 323.8 292.9 334.3 3.36 11 500 5919 -4.8 -10.6 63 5.9 -7.3 273 19 327.2 327.9 294.0 338.7 3.40 12 450 6739 -10.1 -17.4 55 7.2 -12.7 258 24 330.5 330.9 293.9 338.1 2.18 13 400 7635 -16.4 -24.3 51 7.8 -18.6 256 27 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.4 1.34 14 350 8625 -23.8 -31.0 52 7.2 -25.2 271 24 336.7 336.9 294.3 339.8 0.83 15 300 9734 -30.7 -49.1 15 18.4 -32.6 269 24 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.15 16 250 11002 -40.7 -61.4 9 20.7 -41.6 284 25 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 17 200 12483 -51.3 -71.1 8 19.9 -51.7 304 28 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14291 -65.5 -77.9 16 12.5 -65.5 302 20 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16719 -70.7 -85.2 10 14.6 -70.7 319 7 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.36 m Freezing level: 559.43 mb = 5030.84 m = 16505.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.18 mb = 3655.20 m = 11991.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.11 mb = 2567.96 m = 8424.97 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 33.34 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.11 mb = 2760.38 m = 9056.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 30.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1205.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.00 mb = 2445.81 m = 8024.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.00 mb = 3194.78 m = 10481.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.00 mb = 13145.44 m = 43127.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1197.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.2 neg: -4.2 tot: 62.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 53.35 Bulk Shear: 22.60 m/s