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: 37.96,-100.59 Latitude: 37.96 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 109 1 950 556 SFC 918 852 22.3 19.9 86 2.4 20.6 135 12 302.7 305.7 296.7 350.5 16.14 3 900 1029 21.5 19.5 89 2.0 20.1 142 23 303.6 306.6 296.9 351.3 16.03 4 850 1526 21.8 17.0 74 4.8 18.4 189 33 309.0 311.8 297.3 353.0 14.49 5 800 2051 18.4 14.5 78 3.9 15.7 214 30 310.7 313.2 296.8 350.7 13.07 6 750 2601 14.0 12.1 89 1.9 12.8 233 26 311.8 314.1 296.3 348.5 11.96 7 700 3181 11.0 5.5 69 5.4 7.7 253 18 314.6 316.2 294.3 340.0 8.13 8 650 3795 6.6 3.5 81 3.1 4.8 261 14 316.4 317.9 294.4 340.4 7.62 9 600 4448 2.0 -0.3 84 2.4 0.7 265 12 318.4 319.7 293.9 338.4 6.23 10 550 5146 -1.8 -5.6 75 3.8 -3.7 286 14 322.0 322.8 293.6 336.9 4.58 11 500 5898 -6.5 -8.0 89 1.5 -7.2 299 16 325.1 326.0 294.1 339.0 4.19 12 450 6715 -11.4 -12.5 92 1.1 -11.8 298 18 328.9 329.6 294.3 340.0 3.26 13 400 7609 -16.5 -21.1 68 4.6 -17.9 301 29 333.6 333.9 294.3 339.9 1.78 14 350 8599 -23.9 -29.4 60 5.6 -25.1 299 39 336.6 336.8 294.3 340.1 0.95 15 300 9706 -31.8 -47.5 20 15.8 -33.3 288 47 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.17 16 250 10971 -41.1 -63.5 7 22.4 -42.0 289 55 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 17 200 12446 -52.6 -70.1 10 17.5 -52.9 290 60 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14255 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.1 -63.2 304 51 361.4 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16711 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.4 329 16 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.94 m Freezing level: 573.58 mb = 4816.67 m = 15802.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.78 mb = 4558.62 m = 14955.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.01 mb = 1155.40 m = 3790.64 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.99 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.24 mb = 2341.33 m = 7681.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 39.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1311.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.06 mb = 1805.32 m = 5922.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.06 mb = 3085.09 m = 10121.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.06 mb = 12832.95 m = 42102.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1305.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.06 mb = 16241.39 m = 53284.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.1 neg: -4.1 tot: 401.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.31 Bulk Rich Number: 10.78 Bulk Shear: 121.67 m/s