MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.66,-100.67 Latitude: 35.66 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 112 1 950 561 SFC 915 889 23.0 19.5 80 3.6 20.5 158 12 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.5 15.73 3 900 1037 23.3 18.7 76 4.5 20.1 162 26 305.5 308.3 296.9 351.3 15.29 4 850 1537 22.7 15.3 63 7.4 17.6 188 37 309.9 312.4 296.5 349.4 12.97 5 800 2063 19.1 13.1 68 6.0 15.1 206 32 311.5 313.8 296.2 348.1 11.93 6 750 2614 15.0 9.4 69 5.7 11.4 232 29 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.5 9.91 7 700 3195 10.8 7.3 79 3.6 8.6 261 25 314.5 316.2 295.1 343.1 9.18 8 650 3809 6.3 4.1 86 2.2 5.0 283 24 316.1 317.6 294.6 341.0 7.93 9 600 4461 2.1 -2.6 71 4.7 -0.3 288 17 318.6 319.6 293.2 335.5 5.26 10 550 5159 -1.3 -8.9 56 7.5 -4.7 269 19 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.3 3.56 11 500 5912 -6.1 -11.2 68 5.0 -8.2 267 22 325.6 326.2 293.4 336.5 3.26 12 450 6730 -10.2 -21.7 38 11.5 -13.9 286 24 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.7 1.50 13 400 7628 -15.3 -30.8 25 15.5 -18.9 303 23 335.1 335.3 293.8 337.9 0.73 14 350 8622 -22.4 -41.0 17 18.6 -25.3 297 31 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.7 0.30 15 300 9736 -30.4 -58.1 5 27.6 -32.5 324 29 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 16 250 11007 -39.8 -59.0 11 19.2 -40.8 303 39 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 17 200 12487 -52.5 -64.8 21 12.2 -52.8 308 37 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14292 -64.7 -77.2 16 12.5 -64.8 315 39 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16721 -69.5 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 355 10 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.30 m Freezing level: 569.30 mb = 4889.64 m = 16041.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.11 mb = 4418.52 m = 14496.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.68 mb = 1346.88 m = 4418.86 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 16.96 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.89 mb = 2751.32 m = 9026.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 40.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 679.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.27 mb = 2156.49 m = 7075.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.27 mb = 3359.03 m = 11020.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.27 mb = 12282.41 m = 40296.13 ft B at Equ Level: 678.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.27 mb = 15323.18 m = 50272.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.9 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 277.9 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 439.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 439.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.74 Bulk Rich Number: 4.94 Bulk Shear: 137.47 m/s