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: 37.28,-101.3 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -101.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 561 SFC 910 939 22.1 21.3 95 0.9 21.5 138 13 303.4 306.7 298.0 356.2 17.77 3 900 1035 21.5 21.0 97 0.5 21.1 139 19 303.6 306.9 297.9 356.0 17.61 4 850 1531 20.1 18.0 88 2.0 18.7 179 34 307.2 310.1 297.4 353.9 15.49 5 800 2055 19.9 11.9 60 8.0 14.6 214 31 312.3 314.4 295.8 346.2 11.00 6 750 2608 15.0 10.9 76 4.1 12.3 237 24 312.9 314.9 295.9 346.7 10.96 7 700 3188 9.8 8.0 88 1.8 8.7 250 22 313.4 315.2 295.1 343.3 9.65 8 650 3801 6.4 3.4 81 3.0 4.7 294 13 316.2 317.7 294.3 340.0 7.56 9 600 4453 2.4 -0.8 79 3.2 0.7 329 14 318.9 320.1 293.9 338.2 6.02 10 550 5152 -1.8 -4.7 80 3.0 -3.3 309 14 322.0 322.9 293.8 338.0 4.90 11 500 5905 -6.0 -8.2 85 2.2 -7.0 300 19 325.7 326.5 294.2 339.4 4.13 12 450 6723 -10.8 -12.0 90 1.3 -11.3 290 21 329.7 330.4 294.6 341.2 3.38 13 400 7619 -16.4 -17.0 95 0.6 -16.6 280 19 333.7 334.2 294.9 342.5 2.52 14 350 8608 -23.8 -26.6 78 2.8 -24.5 281 24 336.7 336.9 294.6 341.2 1.24 15 300 9715 -31.7 -44.5 27 12.8 -33.1 299 34 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.24 16 250 10981 -40.8 -63.4 7 22.6 -41.8 296 58 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 17 200 12460 -51.9 -68.8 11 17.0 -52.2 293 50 350.6 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14272 -63.5 -80.8 8 17.2 -63.7 303 41 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16720 -68.4 -86.5 6 18.1 -68.5 336 14 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.28 m Freezing level: 571.14 mb = 4856.60 m = 15933.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.54 mb = 4567.38 m = 14984.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.78 mb = 1046.64 m = 3433.82 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2459.94 m = 8070.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 42.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1467.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.02 mb = 1747.33 m = 5732.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.02 mb = 2904.27 m = 9528.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.02 mb = 12984.42 m = 42599.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1461.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.8 neg: -2.4 tot: 443.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.43 Bulk Shear: 155.59 m/s