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: 35.12,-101.62 Latitude: 35.12 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 92 1 950 548 2 900 1029 SFC 897 1061 26.8 18.1 59 8.7 20.6 39 12 309.5 312.3 297.5 354.4 14.77 4 850 1530 21.6 17.0 75 4.7 18.4 40 16 308.8 311.5 297.2 352.6 14.45 5 800 2054 19.6 7.8 47 11.7 12.3 37 15 312.0 313.6 293.8 337.8 8.34 6 750 2607 16.4 6.7 53 9.6 10.4 2 6 314.4 315.9 294.3 340.1 8.26 7 700 3191 12.4 5.5 63 6.9 8.2 305 11 316.2 317.8 294.8 341.9 8.14 8 650 3807 7.8 1.8 66 6.0 4.4 306 11 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.1 6.71 9 600 4462 3.7 -5.5 51 9.1 -0.9 312 14 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.2 4.23 10 550 5164 -0.5 -16.4 29 16.0 -6.5 320 17 323.5 323.9 291.7 330.1 1.92 11 500 5920 -3.5 -46.5 2 43.0 -11.6 330 21 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.12 12 450 6745 -8.1 -35.9 9 27.8 -14.4 320 28 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.40 13 400 7647 -14.9 -20.8 61 5.9 -16.8 311 27 335.7 336.0 294.8 342.2 1.82 14 350 8641 -22.8 -31.3 46 8.5 -24.5 297 28 338.1 338.2 294.6 341.1 0.80 15 300 9752 -31.2 -43.4 29 12.2 -32.7 304 23 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.4 0.27 16 250 11017 -41.1 -48.5 45 7.4 -41.7 300 28 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.19 17 200 12492 -53.2 -59.0 49 5.8 -53.3 285 36 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14292 -64.7 -73.8 27 9.1 -64.8 305 40 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16725 -69.9 -84.9 9 15.0 -69.9 331 9 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.35 m Freezing level: 555.55 mb = 5085.95 m = 16685.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.24 mb = 4350.88 m = 14274.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.87 mb = 2163.41 m = 7097.70 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 16.63 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.53 mb = 3256.05 m = 10682.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 370.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.78 mb = 2496.14 m = 8189.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.78 mb = 4131.32 m = 13554.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.78 mb = 12335.87 m = 40471.51 ft B at Equ Level: 369.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.78 mb = 14504.85 m = 47587.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.8 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 2.8 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -7.0 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 10.11 Bulk Shear: 36.65 m/s