MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.87,-100.67 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 556 SFC 921 834 24.9 18.2 66 6.7 20.2 162 10 305.2 307.9 296.3 348.3 14.43 3 900 1036 27.1 16.9 54 10.2 19.9 173 28 309.4 312.0 296.8 350.8 13.59 4 850 1539 23.1 15.7 63 7.4 17.9 191 30 310.3 312.8 296.8 350.9 13.28 5 800 2064 18.6 13.5 72 5.1 15.1 206 30 311.0 313.3 296.3 348.5 12.26 6 750 2615 14.1 11.5 84 2.6 12.4 220 29 311.9 314.0 296.0 347.0 11.43 7 700 3194 10.7 6.0 73 4.7 7.8 266 20 314.3 315.9 294.4 340.5 8.39 8 650 3809 7.7 -2.2 50 9.9 2.5 282 16 317.7 318.6 292.7 333.8 5.02 9 600 4463 3.3 -1.2 73 4.4 0.9 284 17 319.9 321.1 294.0 338.8 5.87 10 550 5164 -1.0 -5.0 74 4.0 -3.0 283 17 322.9 323.9 294.0 338.7 4.82 11 500 5919 -5.1 -10.2 67 5.1 -7.3 279 20 326.8 327.5 294.0 338.7 3.53 12 450 6739 -10.7 -13.4 80 2.7 -11.8 282 20 329.8 330.4 294.3 340.1 3.02 13 400 7634 -16.0 -29.0 32 13.0 -19.2 287 24 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.3 0.87 14 350 8626 -23.2 -40.4 19 17.3 -25.8 294 30 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.8 0.32 15 300 9736 -30.5 -55.0 7 24.5 -32.5 300 36 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.07 16 250 11006 -40.4 -70.3 3 29.9 -41.4 303 44 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 17 200 12486 -51.7 -68.2 12 16.5 -52.1 310 41 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14296 -64.3 -79.0 12 14.7 -64.4 310 31 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16724 -70.2 -85.3 9 15.1 -70.2 333 14 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.48 m Freezing level: 561.45 mb = 5003.31 m = 16414.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.38 mb = 4620.72 m = 15159.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.36 mb = 1699.56 m = 5575.93 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 17.10 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.51 mb = 2665.06 m = 8743.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 39.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 728.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.98 mb = 2368.19 m = 7769.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.98 mb = 3229.76 m = 10596.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.98 mb = 12258.39 m = 40217.31 ft B at Equ Level: 723.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.98 mb = 15293.46 m = 50174.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 317.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 7.54 Bulk Shear: 96.57 m/s