MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.91,-103.03 Latitude: 34.91 Longitude: -103.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 511 2 900 999 SFC 869 1316 29.2 17.8 50 11.5 21.0 145 11 314.8 317.7 298.9 361.1 14.89 4 850 1509 27.0 16.8 54 10.1 19.8 148 14 314.4 317.2 298.5 358.9 14.35 5 800 2041 21.8 15.9 69 5.9 17.7 153 14 314.4 317.2 298.5 359.0 14.37 6 750 2598 17.4 12.4 72 5.0 14.0 197 13 315.5 317.8 297.4 353.3 12.14 7 700 3185 14.7 3.9 48 10.8 8.2 268 13 318.8 320.2 294.7 341.8 7.23 8 650 3806 9.4 1.0 56 8.4 4.6 285 10 319.6 320.8 294.3 340.0 6.36 9 600 4464 4.3 -1.6 65 6.0 1.1 286 11 321.1 322.2 294.2 339.5 5.67 10 550 5166 -0.8 -5.2 72 4.4 -3.0 290 15 323.1 324.1 294.0 338.6 4.71 11 500 5920 -5.5 -10.3 69 4.7 -7.6 285 18 326.3 327.0 293.9 338.0 3.50 12 450 6739 -10.2 -15.7 64 5.5 -12.2 291 24 330.5 331.0 294.1 339.1 2.50 13 400 7637 -15.5 -24.7 45 9.1 -18.1 283 25 334.8 335.1 294.2 339.5 1.29 14 350 8631 -23.1 -29.5 56 6.4 -24.5 285 26 337.6 337.8 294.6 341.2 0.95 15 300 9740 -31.2 -41.5 36 10.3 -32.5 284 31 341.4 341.4 295.0 342.7 0.34 16 250 11007 -40.8 -49.0 41 8.2 -41.3 292 42 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.2 0.18 17 200 12486 -52.3 -64.2 22 11.9 -52.6 299 37 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14287 -65.4 -74.8 26 9.4 -65.5 284 24 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16700 -73.2 -84.1 17 11.0 -73.2 326 8 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.29 m Freezing level: 557.88 mb = 5055.33 m = 16585.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.29 mb = 4650.53 m = 15257.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.32 mb = 2766.01 m = 9074.73 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 20.96 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.11 mb = 3340.88 m = 10960.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2152.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.82 mb = 2829.88 m = 9284.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.82 mb = 3744.06 m = 12283.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.82 mb = 14496.43 m = 47559.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2135.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.3 neg: -3.0 tot: 103.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 25.94 Bulk Shear: 82.96 m/s