MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.35,-100.99 Latitude: 37.35 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 106 1 950 551 SFC 914 888 20.8 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 144 10 301.6 304.7 297.0 351.4 16.88 3 900 1022 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 148 17 302.1 305.2 296.8 350.7 16.45 4 850 1516 21.4 16.0 72 5.3 17.7 200 35 308.5 311.1 296.6 349.8 13.62 5 800 2043 20.5 10.6 53 9.9 14.0 236 31 313.0 314.9 295.3 344.2 10.10 6 750 2596 15.4 10.3 72 5.1 12.1 260 22 313.3 315.3 295.7 346.0 10.58 7 700 3177 10.7 6.3 74 4.3 8.0 279 15 314.3 316.0 294.6 341.2 8.61 8 650 3791 6.8 2.1 72 4.7 4.1 313 7 316.7 318.0 293.9 338.4 6.86 9 600 4444 3.0 -4.4 58 7.5 -0.7 319 9 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.5 4.59 10 550 5144 -1.2 -10.7 48 9.5 -5.3 321 13 322.7 323.3 292.5 333.0 3.09 11 500 5898 -5.6 -12.3 59 6.7 -8.4 314 19 326.2 326.8 293.4 336.2 2.97 12 450 6716 -10.4 -20.0 45 9.6 -13.6 304 21 330.1 330.5 293.4 336.2 1.73 13 400 7611 -16.6 -29.9 31 13.3 -19.7 295 18 333.4 333.5 293.4 336.3 0.80 14 350 8600 -23.4 -35.7 31 12.3 -25.6 302 25 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.52 15 300 9707 -32.0 -48.4 18 16.4 -33.6 310 46 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 16 250 10969 -41.2 -49.5 40 8.3 -41.8 306 64 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.17 17 200 12447 -51.8 -69.8 10 18.0 -52.1 293 57 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14264 -62.8 -79.4 9 16.6 -62.9 299 41 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16706 -70.4 -85.8 9 15.4 -70.5 314 18 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.71 m Freezing level: 563.97 mb = 4948.39 m = 16234.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.11 mb = 4348.02 m = 14264.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.12 C = 89.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.30 mb = 922.59 m = 3026.84 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.31 mb = 2694.03 m = 8838.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 38.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 809.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.16 mb = 1879.60 m = 6166.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.16 mb = 3414.77 m = 11203.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.16 mb = 12118.43 m = 39758.14 ft B at Equ Level: 802.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.16 mb = 15118.55 m = 49600.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -22.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 468.4 neg: -7.6 tot: 460.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.37 Bulk Rich Number: 6.46 Bulk Shear: 125.32 m/s