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: 35.35,-102.07 Latitude: 35.35 Longitude: -102.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 525 2 900 1009 SFC 896 1049 29.0 16.6 47 12.4 20.2 126 11 311.7 314.3 297.2 352.7 13.34 4 850 1514 23.9 15.3 59 8.6 17.9 132 14 311.2 313.6 296.8 350.8 12.95 5 800 2040 18.9 14.1 74 4.8 15.6 140 13 311.3 313.7 296.7 350.2 12.71 6 750 2594 17.5 11.2 67 6.3 13.3 238 10 315.6 317.7 296.7 350.5 11.22 7 700 3181 14.1 4.2 51 9.9 8.2 272 13 318.0 319.5 294.7 341.6 7.41 8 650 3801 9.2 0.9 56 8.3 4.5 308 12 319.4 320.6 294.2 339.6 6.29 9 600 4459 4.4 -2.6 60 7.0 0.7 307 15 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.27 10 550 5162 -0.3 -5.2 69 4.9 -2.7 289 17 323.7 324.6 294.1 339.2 4.72 11 500 5917 -5.4 -10.4 68 5.0 -7.6 291 22 326.4 327.1 293.9 338.1 3.46 12 450 6735 -10.4 -15.5 66 5.1 -12.3 294 25 330.1 330.6 294.0 338.9 2.55 13 400 7633 -15.8 -23.3 53 7.5 -18.0 286 30 334.4 334.7 294.3 339.7 1.47 14 350 8625 -23.1 -30.6 50 7.5 -24.7 283 32 337.6 337.8 294.5 340.8 0.85 15 300 9735 -31.6 -39.1 47 7.5 -32.6 285 39 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.6 0.43 16 250 10998 -41.1 -49.0 42 7.9 -41.6 297 46 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.8 0.18 17 200 12477 -52.1 -64.0 23 11.9 -52.4 304 39 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.04 18 150 14283 -64.7 -75.9 20 11.2 -64.8 292 24 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16697 -72.6 -84.8 14 12.2 -72.7 328 12 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.03 m Freezing level: 553.45 mb = 5113.14 m = 16775.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.54 mb = 4600.87 m = 15094.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.06 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.10 mb = 2615.78 m = 8581.84 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.98 mb = 3473.10 m = 11394.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.69 C = 96.25 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.19 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 852.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.63 mb = 2621.17 m = 8599.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.63 mb = 4287.69 m = 14067.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.63 mb = 12712.94 m = 41708.61 ft B at Equ Level: 845.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.63 mb = 15988.69 m = 52455.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 8.33 Bulk Shear: 102.34 m/s