MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-102.25 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -102.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 519 2 900 1005 SFC 882 1182 29.4 15.1 42 14.2 19.5 144 11 313.6 315.9 297.0 351.7 12.34 4 850 1512 25.8 14.0 48 11.8 17.7 149 14 313.2 315.4 296.6 349.9 11.90 5 800 2042 20.6 13.0 62 7.6 15.4 154 14 313.1 315.4 296.5 349.6 11.82 6 750 2595 15.6 11.7 78 3.9 13.0 187 12 313.5 315.8 296.5 349.5 11.61 7 700 3180 13.6 6.3 61 7.3 9.1 269 20 317.6 319.2 295.4 344.8 8.61 8 650 3800 8.8 2.9 66 6.0 5.4 286 16 319.0 320.4 294.8 342.2 7.27 9 600 4457 3.8 0.6 79 3.3 2.0 293 17 320.6 321.9 294.8 342.0 6.67 10 550 5159 -0.5 -5.0 71 4.6 -2.7 296 21 323.5 324.5 294.1 339.3 4.80 11 500 5915 -5.0 -10.8 64 5.7 -7.5 287 24 326.9 327.6 293.9 338.2 3.36 12 450 6734 -10.4 -16.9 59 6.5 -12.8 292 28 330.1 330.6 293.8 337.9 2.26 13 400 7631 -16.1 -30.8 27 14.8 -19.4 281 30 334.1 334.3 293.5 336.8 0.73 14 350 8622 -23.0 -28.3 62 5.3 -24.2 285 29 337.8 338.0 294.7 341.7 1.06 15 300 9732 -31.6 -37.4 56 5.8 -32.4 285 35 340.8 340.9 295.0 342.8 0.51 16 250 10997 -41.0 -51.3 32 10.3 -41.6 284 39 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.14 17 200 12476 -52.1 -62.8 26 10.7 -52.4 277 37 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.04 18 150 14281 -64.8 -76.5 18 11.7 -64.9 288 27 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16699 -72.6 -84.6 15 12.0 -72.6 355 15 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.14 m Freezing level: 555.36 mb = 5083.55 m = 16678.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.80 mb = 4746.88 m = 15573.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.03 mb = 2976.13 m = 9764.10 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.88 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.75 mb = 3611.95 m = 11850.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.03 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 703.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.92 mb = 3001.15 m = 9846.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.92 mb = 4188.51 m = 13741.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.92 mb = 12478.27 m = 40938.70 ft B at Equ Level: 694.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.92 mb = 15615.80 m = 51232.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 164.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 6.23 Bulk Shear: 112.94 m/s