MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.80,-102.66 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -102.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 548 2 900 1023 SFC 884 1181 21.8 16.9 74 4.9 18.4 126 10 305.6 308.1 296.0 347.1 13.86 4 850 1519 19.1 16.1 83 3.0 17.0 140 20 306.1 308.7 296.0 347.1 13.66 5 800 2042 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.7 193 19 311.0 313.7 297.7 354.9 14.35 6 750 2595 16.3 12.1 77 4.1 13.5 233 20 314.2 316.5 296.9 351.3 11.95 7 700 3179 12.9 6.2 64 6.7 8.8 244 19 316.8 318.4 295.2 343.6 8.54 8 650 3797 8.2 2.9 69 5.3 5.1 231 14 318.2 319.6 294.6 341.3 7.28 9 600 4453 3.2 0.7 84 2.5 1.8 247 13 319.8 321.2 294.7 341.4 6.74 10 550 5153 -1.7 -2.8 92 1.1 -2.3 279 16 322.1 323.2 294.4 340.5 5.67 11 500 5906 -5.5 -7.4 87 1.9 -6.4 302 24 326.3 327.2 294.6 341.0 4.40 12 450 6726 -9.9 -15.8 62 5.8 -12.1 306 33 330.7 331.2 294.1 339.4 2.48 13 400 7625 -15.6 -24.0 49 8.4 -18.0 310 34 334.7 335.0 294.3 339.7 1.37 14 350 8616 -23.3 -30.8 50 7.5 -24.8 289 39 337.4 337.6 294.4 340.5 0.84 15 300 9727 -31.4 -37.1 57 5.7 -32.2 280 41 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.2 0.53 16 250 10992 -41.1 -50.6 35 9.6 -41.7 278 43 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.6 0.15 17 200 12467 -53.1 -59.6 45 6.5 -53.3 292 41 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14265 -64.6 -78.1 14 13.5 -64.7 299 32 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16693 -72.1 -85.5 12 13.4 -72.2 316 3 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.70 m Freezing level: 567.11 mb = 4913.12 m = 16118.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.62 mb = 4758.62 m = 15612.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.60 mb = 1801.43 m = 5910.13 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 13.53 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.35 mb = 3054.74 m = 10022.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 832.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.93 mb = 2106.79 m = 6911.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.93 mb = 3937.78 m = 12919.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.93 mb = 12822.46 m = 42067.93 ft B at Equ Level: 824.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.93 mb = 15654.31 m = 51358.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.2 neg: -24.0 tot: 225.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 5.83 Bulk Shear: 142.71 m/s