MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.87,-100.59 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -100.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 559 SFC 922 821 25.5 17.9 63 7.6 20.2 158 11 305.6 308.3 296.2 348.0 14.16 3 900 1038 26.3 16.4 55 9.9 19.5 166 30 308.6 311.1 296.3 348.6 13.18 4 850 1540 22.5 15.0 63 7.5 17.4 182 31 309.7 312.1 296.3 348.4 12.72 5 800 2064 18.4 13.8 75 4.6 15.3 202 29 310.7 313.1 296.4 348.9 12.48 6 750 2616 14.9 11.8 81 3.2 12.9 227 25 312.8 315.0 296.4 348.8 11.66 7 700 3196 10.8 6.0 72 4.9 7.9 258 19 314.5 316.1 294.5 340.6 8.39 8 650 3810 7.1 0.1 61 7.0 3.2 290 14 317.0 318.1 293.3 335.8 5.92 9 600 4464 2.7 -1.4 75 4.1 0.5 284 14 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.7 5.77 10 550 5162 -1.7 -4.4 82 2.7 -3.1 281 17 322.1 323.1 293.9 338.4 5.01 11 500 5915 -5.9 -9.3 77 3.4 -7.4 276 21 325.8 326.6 293.9 338.5 3.79 12 450 6733 -11.0 -16.2 65 5.2 -12.9 271 28 329.5 329.9 293.7 337.8 2.41 13 400 7627 -16.5 -23.2 56 6.7 -18.5 279 29 333.5 333.8 294.0 338.8 1.47 14 350 8620 -22.4 -34.4 33 11.9 -24.7 290 34 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.8 0.59 15 300 9731 -30.9 -36.9 55 6.1 -31.8 307 31 341.9 342.0 295.3 343.9 0.54 16 250 10999 -41.3 -44.7 70 3.4 -41.6 309 34 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.7 0.28 17 200 12473 -52.0 -65.3 19 13.3 -52.4 305 43 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14287 -63.5 -81.6 7 18.0 -63.7 311 35 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16723 -70.0 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.1 334 14 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.94 m Freezing level: 569.45 mb = 4890.50 m = 16044.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.17 mb = 4555.55 m = 14945.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.74 mb = 1790.47 m = 5874.17 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.00 mb = 2900.94 m = 9517.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 38.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 588.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.42 mb = 2353.02 m = 7719.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.42 mb = 3703.71 m = 12151.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.42 mb = 11890.98 m = 39011.92 ft B at Equ Level: 583.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.42 mb = 14769.94 m = 48457.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 302.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 5.06 Bulk Shear: 116.28 m/s