MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 35.53,-101.08 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -101.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 566 SFC 906 977 21.3 18.1 82 3.1 19.1 178 4 302.8 305.5 295.8 346.1 14.61 3 900 1038 20.9 17.8 82 3.1 18.7 180 7 303.0 305.7 295.7 345.6 14.38 4 850 1530 16.7 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 169 4 303.6 306.2 295.4 344.6 13.79 5 800 2047 15.5 14.5 93 1.1 14.8 133 8 307.7 310.2 296.0 347.2 13.07 6 750 2595 14.0 12.1 89 1.8 12.7 217 8 311.7 314.0 296.3 348.5 11.96 7 700 3176 11.5 8.3 81 3.2 9.5 261 17 315.2 317.1 295.7 346.0 9.85 8 650 3793 8.0 1.3 63 6.6 4.2 285 16 318.0 319.3 294.0 338.7 6.50 9 600 4447 2.7 -3.6 63 6.3 -0.4 298 22 319.3 320.3 293.1 335.1 4.90 10 550 5145 -1.6 -17.5 28 16.0 -7.4 310 21 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.2 1.76 11 500 5898 -5.5 -38.7 5 33.2 -12.5 317 21 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.3 0.27 12 450 6714 -11.9 -28.6 24 16.7 -16.1 311 24 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.2 0.80 13 400 7604 -17.8 -22.4 67 4.6 -19.1 286 34 331.8 332.2 293.7 337.5 1.59 14 350 8589 -24.4 -29.7 61 5.3 -25.5 278 44 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.3 0.93 15 300 9695 -32.1 -37.7 57 5.6 -32.9 277 53 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.0 0.49 16 250 10956 -42.1 -47.4 56 5.3 -42.5 273 60 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.21 17 200 12426 -53.5 -65.7 21 12.2 -53.8 273 57 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14230 -63.2 -81.0 7 17.8 -63.3 282 44 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16666 -70.9 -83.7 13 12.8 -70.9 289 20 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.30 m Freezing level: 568.15 mb = 4892.01 m = 16049.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.79 mb = 4382.39 m = 14377.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.50 mb = 1374.05 m = 4507.97 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2231.46 m = 7320.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.22 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.96 mb = 1651.37 m = 5417.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.96 mb = 4407.15 m = 14458.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.96 mb = 11144.29 m = 36562.19 ft B at Equ Level: 416.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.96 mb = 14107.57 m = 46284.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.7 neg: -20.7 tot: 106.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 8.35 Bulk Shear: 49.89 m/s