MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.93,-100.67 Latitude: 35.93 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 104 1 950 556 SFC 922 820 24.6 20.2 77 4.4 21.4 153 10 304.7 307.8 297.4 353.6 16.36 3 900 1033 24.3 19.6 75 4.7 20.9 161 25 306.5 309.5 297.7 355.0 16.14 4 850 1533 22.3 16.1 68 6.2 17.9 183 34 309.5 312.0 296.8 350.9 13.63 5 800 2059 19.7 11.8 60 7.9 14.5 211 31 312.2 314.3 295.7 345.8 10.92 6 750 2611 15.2 9.3 68 5.9 11.4 229 29 313.0 314.9 295.1 343.5 9.85 7 700 3191 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.0 249 26 314.0 315.7 294.6 341.1 8.72 8 650 3805 6.6 2.9 77 3.8 4.5 273 21 316.5 317.9 294.1 339.4 7.26 9 600 4458 3.0 -3.9 60 6.9 -0.4 264 18 319.6 320.6 293.1 335.1 4.78 10 550 5158 -1.1 -5.5 72 4.4 -3.3 261 21 322.7 323.6 293.8 337.9 4.62 11 500 5912 -5.9 -8.6 81 2.7 -7.1 260 23 325.9 326.7 294.1 339.2 4.00 12 450 6730 -10.9 -15.6 68 4.8 -12.6 270 28 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.3 2.52 13 400 7625 -16.1 -27.8 36 11.6 -19.1 286 30 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.6 0.97 14 350 8617 -22.5 -38.2 23 15.7 -25.1 297 36 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.0 0.40 15 300 9730 -30.8 -47.2 18 16.4 -32.5 313 37 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.18 16 250 10999 -40.2 -58.5 12 18.3 -41.1 306 41 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.06 17 200 12479 -52.2 -70.4 10 18.1 -52.6 309 38 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14287 -63.8 -81.0 8 17.2 -64.0 311 40 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16709 -70.4 -85.2 10 14.8 -70.5 326 12 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.45 m Freezing level: 563.68 mb = 4966.28 m = 16293.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.56 mb = 4396.09 m = 14422.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.58 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.81 mb = 1382.18 m = 4534.64 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 19.94 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.90 mb = 2612.28 m = 8570.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 40.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1099.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.70 mb = 2029.68 m = 6658.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.70 mb = 2981.39 m = 9781.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.70 mb = 12877.99 m = 42250.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1094.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.70 mb = 16266.16 m = 53366.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 394.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 394.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 9.80 Bulk Shear: 112.15 m/s