MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 35.33,-101.93 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 552 2 900 1026 SFC 898 1043 22.6 18.1 75 4.6 19.4 174 4 305.0 307.7 296.4 348.8 14.66 4 850 1520 17.6 17.0 96 0.7 17.2 184 5 304.6 307.3 296.1 347.7 14.45 5 800 2037 14.7 14.1 96 0.6 14.3 153 3 306.8 309.2 295.6 345.2 12.75 6 750 2587 16.0 10.2 68 5.8 12.2 237 11 314.0 316.0 295.8 346.4 10.47 7 700 3172 13.2 4.9 57 8.4 8.2 259 13 317.1 318.6 294.7 341.6 7.76 8 650 3791 9.2 -0.9 49 10.1 3.7 314 15 319.4 320.4 293.6 337.1 5.51 9 600 4447 3.3 -1.2 72 4.5 0.9 308 18 320.0 321.1 294.0 338.9 5.87 10 550 5147 -1.7 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.3 309 21 322.1 323.0 293.7 337.7 4.78 11 500 5900 -6.2 -11.0 69 4.7 -8.2 301 27 325.4 326.1 293.4 336.6 3.31 12 450 6716 -11.4 -17.9 58 6.5 -13.6 289 32 329.0 329.4 293.4 336.2 2.08 13 400 7608 -17.0 -26.6 43 9.5 -19.5 270 38 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.8 1.09 14 350 8595 -24.1 -36.6 31 12.5 -26.2 262 41 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.1 0.48 15 300 9701 -32.0 -38.2 54 6.2 -32.8 261 48 340.3 340.4 294.8 342.1 0.47 16 250 10963 -41.6 -46.6 59 4.9 -42.0 266 51 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.1 0.23 17 200 12435 -53.5 -63.7 28 10.2 -53.7 265 51 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14240 -63.2 -80.5 8 17.3 -63.4 282 40 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16669 -71.9 -82.9 18 11.1 -71.9 273 20 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.21 m Freezing level: 566.74 mb = 4912.91 m = 16118.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.35 mb = 4591.47 m = 15063.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.01 mb = 1621.09 m = 5318.47 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1807.01 m = 5928.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.35 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 578.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.18 mb = 1741.95 m = 5714.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.18 mb = 2003.08 m = 6571.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 793.18 mb = 2109.87 m = 6922.06 ft B at Equ Level: 8.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.18 mb = 2327.59 m = 7636.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: -10.7 tot: 81.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 11.57 Bulk Shear: 49.99 m/s