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: 36.32,-102.53 Latitude: 36.32 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 SFC 876 1248 26.9 15.4 49 11.5 18.9 140 9 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.4 12.63 4 850 1513 24.2 14.6 55 9.6 17.7 145 12 311.5 313.9 296.5 349.6 12.41 5 800 2039 19.1 13.5 70 5.6 15.3 153 12 311.5 313.8 296.4 349.1 12.27 6 750 2592 16.1 13.0 82 3.1 14.0 227 15 314.0 316.5 297.3 353.3 12.66 7 700 3177 14.2 1.3 41 12.9 6.8 291 9 318.2 319.3 293.7 337.3 6.00 8 650 3797 9.4 -1.6 46 11.0 3.5 312 11 319.6 320.6 293.4 336.5 5.25 9 600 4455 4.0 -0.8 71 4.8 1.4 295 14 320.8 321.9 294.4 340.2 6.03 10 550 5155 -1.4 -4.3 81 2.9 -2.9 285 18 322.4 323.4 294.1 339.0 5.08 11 500 5908 -6.3 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.8 279 22 325.4 326.2 294.3 339.8 4.36 12 450 6725 -11.2 -12.1 93 0.9 -11.6 279 24 329.1 329.8 294.4 340.5 3.35 13 400 7621 -16.2 -17.0 94 0.8 -16.5 280 30 333.9 334.4 295.0 342.7 2.53 14 350 8613 -23.0 -23.3 97 0.3 -23.1 284 39 337.8 338.1 295.3 343.9 1.67 15 300 9724 -31.5 -33.1 86 1.6 -31.8 287 48 341.0 341.1 295.3 344.0 0.78 16 250 10988 -40.8 -47.7 47 6.9 -41.3 291 54 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.2 0.21 17 200 12467 -51.9 -65.9 17 14.1 -52.2 296 44 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.03 18 150 14276 -64.3 -77.0 16 12.7 -64.4 285 25 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16696 -72.3 -84.3 15 12.0 -72.3 319 13 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.98 m Freezing level: 562.87 mb = 4974.97 m = 16321.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.79 mb = 4675.09 m = 15338.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.04 mb = 2704.94 m = 8874.38 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 16.73 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.04 mb = 3605.63 m = 11829.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.14 C = 93.45 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.47 mb = 2745.97 m = 9008.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.47 mb = 4434.41 m = 14548.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.47 mb = 12097.56 m = 39689.69 ft B at Equ Level: 723.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.47 mb = 15534.96 m = 50967.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.1 neg: -6.4 tot: 109.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 8.78 Bulk Shear: 82.87 m/s