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: 37.22,-100.99 Latitude: 37.22 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 104 1 950 553 SFC 915 882 24.0 21.8 87 2.2 22.4 122 14 304.8 308.2 298.6 359.4 18.24 3 900 1030 23.3 21.0 87 2.3 21.6 128 23 305.5 308.8 298.4 358.3 17.62 4 850 1529 21.0 18.8 87 2.2 19.4 168 27 308.1 311.1 298.1 357.2 16.23 5 800 2052 17.1 16.2 95 0.9 16.5 191 25 309.4 312.1 297.5 354.0 14.67 6 750 2601 13.5 12.7 95 0.8 13.0 228 26 311.3 313.6 296.5 349.4 12.44 7 700 3180 9.5 9.1 97 0.4 9.3 246 29 313.0 315.0 295.6 345.3 10.45 8 650 3792 6.1 4.6 90 1.5 5.2 265 30 315.8 317.4 294.7 341.6 8.22 9 600 4445 2.7 0.4 85 2.3 1.4 288 25 319.3 320.5 294.4 340.3 6.57 10 550 5144 -1.3 -3.9 83 2.6 -2.6 310 18 322.5 323.6 294.2 339.6 5.23 11 500 5899 -5.5 -7.2 88 1.7 -6.3 303 18 326.3 327.2 294.6 341.2 4.46 12 450 6719 -9.9 -10.7 94 0.8 -10.3 299 21 330.7 331.5 295.1 343.5 3.75 13 400 7619 -15.1 -18.8 74 3.6 -16.4 295 25 335.3 335.7 295.0 343.0 2.17 14 350 8612 -23.1 -38.6 23 15.4 -25.6 287 28 337.6 337.6 294.1 339.1 0.39 15 300 9721 -31.0 -53.2 9 22.2 -32.9 297 29 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.09 16 250 10990 -40.6 -61.5 9 20.9 -41.6 292 43 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 17 200 12467 -52.7 -68.7 13 16.1 -53.0 293 38 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14273 -64.0 -80.5 9 16.5 -64.1 302 45 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16703 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.2 328 21 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.78 m Freezing level: 566.32 mb = 4916.11 m = 16128.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.36 mb = 4684.63 m = 15369.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.99 mb = 1166.75 m = 3827.86 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1854.14 m = 6083.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.99 C Showalter Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 44.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2100.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.66 mb = 1644.80 m = 5396.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.66 mb = 2012.53 m = 6602.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.66 mb = 14121.83 m = 46330.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2078.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 483.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 483.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.44 Bulk Rich Number: 10.07 Bulk Shear: 208.48 m/s