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: 37.55,-100.83 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 566 SFC 916 885 21.4 21.0 98 0.3 21.2 147 13 302.0 305.2 297.4 353.3 17.38 3 900 1037 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 149 24 302.7 305.8 297.3 353.0 16.98 4 850 1533 19.7 18.4 92 1.4 18.8 187 35 306.8 309.8 297.6 354.4 15.81 5 800 2056 18.9 13.7 72 5.2 15.4 220 31 311.3 313.7 296.5 349.4 12.42 6 750 2608 14.5 11.5 82 3.0 12.5 239 25 312.3 314.4 296.1 347.4 11.41 7 700 3187 10.2 7.1 81 3.1 8.3 264 20 313.8 315.5 294.8 342.0 9.10 8 650 3800 6.4 3.1 79 3.3 4.5 313 11 316.2 317.6 294.1 339.4 7.37 9 600 4452 2.0 -1.3 79 3.3 0.3 334 11 318.4 319.6 293.6 337.0 5.80 10 550 5150 -2.1 -5.4 79 3.2 -3.7 316 18 321.6 322.5 293.5 336.8 4.67 11 500 5902 -6.3 -11.4 67 5.0 -8.5 303 22 325.3 326.0 293.3 336.1 3.21 12 450 6718 -10.8 -17.5 58 6.7 -13.2 292 24 329.7 330.1 293.6 337.2 2.16 13 400 7614 -16.5 -24.0 52 7.6 -18.6 287 23 333.6 333.9 294.0 338.5 1.37 14 350 8602 -24.0 -33.1 43 9.1 -25.7 284 29 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.9 0.67 15 300 9710 -31.6 -46.3 22 14.8 -33.1 291 35 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.20 16 250 10974 -41.1 -60.3 11 19.2 -42.0 293 57 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 17 200 12453 -51.7 -70.3 9 18.7 -52.0 294 52 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14266 -63.5 -80.4 8 16.9 -63.6 301 42 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16716 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 336 15 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.45 m Freezing level: 575.79 mb = 4790.02 m = 15715.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.81 mb = 4495.07 m = 14747.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.71 mb = 924.82 m = 3034.15 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 18.35 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2289.75 m = 7512.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 41.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1497.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.09 mb = 1552.26 m = 5092.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.09 mb = 2799.06 m = 9183.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.09 mb = 13009.99 m = 42683.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1485.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 450.7 neg: -3.5 tot: 447.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.18 Bulk Rich Number: 8.74 Bulk Shear: 171.31 m/s