MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 34.96,-103.24 Latitude: 34.96 Longitude: -103.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 534 2 900 1017 SFC 869 1329 26.2 17.5 59 8.7 20.0 132 12 311.6 314.4 298.0 356.6 14.67 4 850 1521 23.9 16.6 64 7.2 18.8 138 15 311.1 313.8 297.6 354.5 14.17 5 800 2048 19.2 15.4 79 3.8 16.5 174 12 311.6 314.2 297.5 354.2 13.89 6 750 2601 14.7 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 223 12 312.6 315.2 297.5 354.2 13.51 7 700 3182 11.3 9.1 86 2.3 9.9 273 10 315.0 317.0 296.1 347.4 10.39 8 650 3798 7.5 3.8 77 3.7 5.3 285 9 317.4 318.9 294.8 341.9 7.75 9 600 4453 2.9 -0.9 76 3.8 0.8 297 16 319.4 320.6 294.0 338.6 5.98 10 550 5152 -1.4 -12.6 42 11.2 -6.0 309 19 322.4 322.9 292.0 331.2 2.64 11 500 5904 -5.5 -31.0 11 25.5 -12.0 303 15 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.58 12 450 6720 -11.7 -33.8 14 22.1 -16.6 303 14 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.3 0.49 13 400 7610 -17.8 -37.5 16 19.7 -21.4 278 22 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.3 0.38 14 350 8596 -24.4 -32.9 45 8.5 -26.0 274 35 335.9 336.1 294.0 338.5 0.69 15 300 9704 -31.6 -35.1 71 3.5 -32.1 264 47 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.4 0.64 16 250 10966 -42.0 -48.5 49 6.5 -42.5 275 52 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.19 17 200 12439 -51.7 -60.1 36 8.4 -52.0 288 33 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.1 0.06 18 150 14243 -64.5 -78.4 13 13.9 -64.6 281 42 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16679 -70.7 -83.5 13 12.8 -70.8 283 14 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.49 m Freezing level: 566.54 mb = 4920.39 m = 16142.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.87 mb = 4535.19 m = 14879.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.68 mb = 2423.57 m = 7951.26 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.81 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.51 mb = 2651.37 m = 8698.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 43.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1723.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.83 mb = 2500.57 m = 8203.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.83 mb = 2900.23 m = 9515.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.83 mb = 13318.49 m = 43695.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1716.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 121.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.24 Bulk Rich Number: 18.53 Bulk Shear: 93.06 m/s