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: 35.73,-100.67 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 546 SFC 915 877 24.8 16.9 62 7.9 19.4 100 10 305.6 308.1 295.7 345.7 13.38 3 900 1021 22.8 16.3 67 6.5 18.3 101 12 305.0 307.5 295.3 344.0 13.04 4 850 1516 18.8 12.7 67 6.2 14.8 100 10 305.9 307.9 294.0 338.6 10.90 5 800 2039 19.2 9.1 52 10.1 12.8 1 3 311.6 313.3 294.2 339.6 9.09 6 750 2590 15.7 7.6 59 8.0 10.6 290 9 313.6 315.2 294.5 340.8 8.77 7 700 3173 12.3 6.3 67 5.9 8.6 295 19 316.1 317.7 295.1 343.1 8.60 8 650 3791 8.6 -1.4 50 9.9 3.2 307 21 318.7 319.7 293.3 335.8 5.33 9 600 4447 3.8 -0.7 72 4.5 1.4 310 23 320.6 321.7 294.4 340.2 6.08 10 550 5149 -0.2 -6.9 60 6.8 -3.4 305 26 323.9 324.7 293.7 337.6 4.14 11 500 5905 -5.1 -10.7 65 5.5 -7.5 299 32 326.8 327.4 293.9 338.2 3.39 12 450 6725 -10.3 -17.3 56 7.0 -12.8 298 33 330.3 330.8 293.8 337.9 2.19 13 400 7621 -16.5 -26.2 43 9.8 -19.0 292 39 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.7 1.12 14 350 8611 -23.8 -27.4 72 3.7 -24.6 289 37 336.7 337.0 294.6 341.0 1.15 15 300 9719 -32.0 -36.6 64 4.5 -32.7 287 43 340.2 340.3 294.9 342.3 0.56 16 250 10981 -41.6 -50.1 39 8.5 -42.2 292 50 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.16 17 200 12458 -51.8 -71.4 8 19.7 -52.1 295 52 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14270 -63.6 -77.3 14 13.7 -63.7 302 31 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16693 -71.2 -83.9 13 12.7 -71.3 342 19 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.50 m Freezing level: 552.09 mb = 5119.94 m = 16797.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.59 mb = 4643.17 m = 15233.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.43 mb = 1873.86 m = 6147.76 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 7.07 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.50 mb = 3581.65 m = 11750.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.29 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 17.82 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3875.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.77 mb = 2246.52 m = 7370.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.7 neg: -13.7 tot: 68.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 128.47 m/s