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: 35.53,-100.87 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -100.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 544 SFC 908 942 25.2 17.8 64 7.3 20.0 105 10 306.7 309.3 296.5 349.6 14.29 3 900 1021 23.8 17.5 68 6.3 19.4 106 11 306.0 308.7 296.3 348.3 14.10 4 850 1517 18.9 16.5 86 2.4 17.2 109 11 305.9 308.6 296.2 348.0 14.01 5 800 2040 19.6 7.3 45 12.4 12.0 131 5 312.1 313.6 293.6 337.0 8.04 6 750 2593 16.7 7.4 54 9.4 10.9 245 4 314.7 316.4 294.7 341.7 8.63 7 700 3177 12.6 7.1 69 5.5 9.2 286 14 316.4 318.2 295.5 344.9 9.06 8 650 3795 9.1 -3.3 41 12.5 2.7 312 16 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.2 4.60 9 600 4453 4.9 -3.6 54 8.5 0.5 329 21 321.8 322.8 293.7 337.8 4.89 10 550 5157 -0.0 -5.8 65 5.8 -2.9 311 19 324.1 325.0 294.1 339.0 4.51 11 500 5914 -5.1 -10.7 64 5.7 -7.5 295 24 326.9 327.5 293.9 338.2 3.37 12 450 6733 -10.2 -15.7 64 5.5 -12.2 298 27 330.4 330.9 294.1 339.1 2.51 13 400 7630 -16.1 -25.5 44 9.4 -18.6 290 31 334.1 334.4 293.9 338.5 1.20 14 350 8621 -23.5 -31.0 50 7.5 -25.1 287 34 337.1 337.2 294.4 340.1 0.82 15 300 9729 -32.1 -38.6 52 6.5 -33.0 293 42 340.1 340.2 294.8 341.9 0.45 16 250 10989 -41.5 -53.6 26 12.1 -42.2 301 47 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 17 200 12467 -51.9 -64.7 20 12.8 -52.2 305 47 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.03 18 150 14277 -63.7 -80.0 9 16.3 -63.8 300 27 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16695 -71.9 -83.8 15 11.9 -72.0 331 16 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.85 m Freezing level: 550.15 mb = 5154.54 m = 16911.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.32 mb = 4557.44 m = 14952.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.77 mb = 1871.54 m = 6140.16 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 12.65 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.77 mb = 3263.53 m = 10707.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.07 C = 95.13 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 326.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.48 mb = 2120.68 m = 6957.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.48 mb = 5339.66 m = 17518.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.48 mb = 11056.59 m = 36274.46 ft B at Equ Level: 261.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.48 mb = 13218.53 m = 43367.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.4 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 335.4 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 113.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 99.48 m/s