MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.87,-100.99 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -100.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 548 SFC 916 870 29.3 20.9 61 8.4 23.1 169 16 310.1 313.4 299.2 362.7 17.23 3 900 1031 26.7 20.2 68 6.5 22.0 173 19 309.0 312.2 298.7 360.1 16.81 4 850 1533 21.7 19.1 86 2.5 19.8 176 21 308.8 312.0 298.5 359.3 16.62 5 800 2057 18.7 15.0 79 3.6 16.1 211 22 311.1 313.6 297.2 352.5 13.55 6 750 2609 15.2 10.6 74 4.6 12.2 227 23 313.0 315.1 295.8 346.3 10.77 7 700 3189 10.7 4.2 64 6.5 6.9 244 26 314.3 315.7 293.7 337.5 7.41 8 650 3803 7.4 -2.0 51 9.5 2.5 252 23 317.4 318.4 292.7 333.6 5.07 9 600 4458 3.4 -5.3 53 8.7 -0.9 261 21 320.0 320.9 292.8 334.0 4.30 10 550 5158 -0.9 -5.0 74 4.0 -2.9 269 21 323.0 323.9 294.0 338.7 4.81 11 500 5913 -5.1 -9.3 72 4.2 -7.0 266 22 326.8 327.5 294.2 339.5 3.78 12 450 6733 -10.5 -14.6 72 4.1 -12.1 264 25 330.0 330.5 294.2 339.4 2.74 13 400 7628 -16.8 -21.2 68 4.5 -18.1 272 30 333.2 333.6 294.2 339.5 1.76 14 350 8618 -23.1 -33.6 38 10.4 -25.1 274 32 337.6 337.7 294.3 340.0 0.64 15 300 9729 -31.1 -43.3 29 12.2 -32.6 284 32 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.6 0.28 16 250 10996 -40.4 -56.1 17 15.7 -41.3 288 37 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.08 17 200 12477 -51.6 -67.9 12 16.3 -52.0 303 35 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14288 -64.0 -81.4 8 17.3 -64.1 310 34 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16710 -71.2 -84.7 12 13.6 -71.2 314 13 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.86 m Freezing level: 560.95 mb = 5004.69 m = 16419.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.86 mb = 4284.34 m = 14056.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.14 mb = 1937.71 m = 6357.22 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 29.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2221.67 m = 7288.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2283.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.76 mb = 1931.01 m = 6335.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.76 mb = 2532.27 m = 8307.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.76 mb = 14418.54 m = 47304.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2252.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.05 Bulk Rich Number: 30.11 Bulk Shear: 75.85 m/s