MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.87,-100.67 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 557 SFC 921 835 28.2 19.9 61 8.3 22.2 358 14 308.6 311.6 298.2 357.5 16.12 3 900 1035 24.1 19.0 73 5.1 20.5 360 16 306.4 309.3 297.3 353.0 15.54 4 850 1532 19.0 18.1 94 1.0 18.4 1 16 306.1 309.0 297.2 352.6 15.51 5 800 2052 16.8 13.3 80 3.5 14.4 313 8 309.1 311.4 295.7 345.8 12.08 6 750 2603 16.5 7.7 56 8.8 11.0 276 13 314.5 316.2 294.8 342.1 8.84 7 700 3187 12.7 4.5 57 8.3 7.8 275 14 316.6 318.1 294.4 340.4 7.55 8 650 3804 7.9 1.8 65 6.1 4.5 274 15 317.9 319.2 294.1 339.3 6.73 9 600 4459 2.7 -2.4 69 5.0 0.1 280 16 319.2 320.3 293.4 336.5 5.37 10 550 5156 -2.1 -9.7 56 7.6 -5.4 287 16 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.6 3.33 11 500 5908 -6.0 -21.1 29 15.1 -10.9 303 17 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.7 1.42 12 450 6726 -9.8 -34.8 11 25.0 -15.3 311 20 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.44 13 400 7626 -14.3 -53.9 2 39.6 -19.6 304 25 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.06 14 350 8623 -22.2 -46.1 9 23.9 -25.4 312 22 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.17 15 300 9732 -32.2 -43.7 31 11.5 -33.4 322 21 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.27 16 250 10993 -41.3 -54.3 23 13.0 -42.1 304 38 344.6 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.10 17 200 12471 -51.7 -60.1 36 8.4 -52.0 300 49 350.8 350.8 296.8 351.1 0.06 18 150 14285 -64.0 -75.6 19 11.6 -64.1 308 46 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16710 -70.8 -85.4 10 14.5 -70.9 304 15 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.93 m Freezing level: 571.85 mb = 4851.41 m = 15916.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.29 mb = 4468.14 m = 14659.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.29 mb = 1878.72 m = 6163.70 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 26.74 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2034.82 m = 6675.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.49 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1128.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.01 mb = 1756.50 m = 5762.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.01 mb = 3639.11 m = 11939.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.01 mb = 13030.79 m = 42751.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1114.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.01 mb = 15978.29 m = 52421.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.2 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 329.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 35.69 Bulk Shear: 31.63 m/s