MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-101.62 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 548 2 900 1028 SFC 898 1049 27.1 18.2 58 9.0 20.8 39 12 309.7 312.5 297.6 354.7 14.78 4 850 1530 21.8 17.0 74 4.8 18.4 40 16 309.0 311.7 297.3 352.9 14.48 5 800 2054 19.6 8.5 49 11.1 12.6 39 15 312.1 313.7 294.1 339.1 8.76 6 750 2607 16.5 7.1 54 9.4 10.7 358 6 314.5 316.1 294.6 341.0 8.48 7 700 3191 12.4 6.1 65 6.3 8.6 302 10 316.2 317.9 295.0 342.9 8.49 8 650 3808 7.7 1.7 66 6.0 4.3 304 11 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.0 6.69 9 600 4463 3.7 -5.8 50 9.4 -0.9 313 14 320.3 321.2 292.7 333.9 4.15 10 550 5164 -0.5 -16.0 30 15.5 -6.4 320 17 323.5 323.9 291.8 330.3 2.00 11 500 5920 -3.4 -46.4 2 43.0 -11.6 331 21 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.12 12 450 6745 -8.0 -36.4 8 28.4 -14.4 320 27 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.38 13 400 7648 -14.8 -22.5 52 7.8 -17.1 312 26 335.8 336.1 294.7 341.4 1.56 14 350 8642 -22.8 -30.1 51 7.3 -24.4 297 28 338.1 338.3 294.7 341.4 0.90 15 300 9752 -31.2 -43.1 30 11.9 -32.6 303 23 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.5 0.28 16 250 11018 -41.1 -48.6 44 7.5 -41.7 300 28 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.18 17 200 12492 -53.2 -59.1 49 5.9 -53.3 285 36 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14293 -64.7 -73.7 28 9.0 -64.8 305 39 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16725 -69.9 -84.7 10 14.7 -70.0 331 9 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.79 m Freezing level: 555.55 mb = 5086.14 m = 16686.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.80 mb = 4343.51 m = 14250.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.06 mb = 2183.20 m = 7162.66 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.14 mb = 3213.13 m = 10541.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.40 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 479.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.49 mb = 2477.04 m = 8126.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.49 mb = 3979.60 m = 13056.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.49 mb = 12603.37 m = 41349.13 ft B at Equ Level: 476.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.49 mb = 14859.25 m = 48750.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 3.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 13.47 Bulk Shear: 35.60 m/s