MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.53,-102.01 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -102.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 544 2 900 1025 SFC 900 1026 29.0 18.5 53 10.5 21.4 50 13 311.4 314.2 298.2 357.4 15.01 4 850 1527 22.0 16.9 73 5.1 18.4 49 14 309.2 311.9 297.3 352.9 14.41 5 800 2051 18.0 12.7 71 5.2 14.5 24 15 310.3 312.5 295.7 345.9 11.64 6 750 2603 16.2 6.0 51 10.1 10.0 5 13 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.7 7.86 7 700 3186 12.3 4.0 57 8.3 7.4 338 11 316.1 317.5 294.1 339.1 7.29 8 650 3802 7.8 2.3 68 5.4 4.6 307 10 317.7 319.1 294.3 339.9 6.98 9 600 4457 2.9 -2.9 66 5.8 -0.1 286 12 319.5 320.5 293.3 336.1 5.15 10 550 5155 -1.5 -11.7 46 10.2 -5.8 289 15 322.3 322.9 292.2 331.8 2.85 11 500 5908 -5.1 -29.7 12 24.6 -11.6 297 18 326.8 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.65 12 450 6731 -8.3 -37.2 8 28.9 -14.6 306 26 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.35 13 400 7633 -14.2 -37.9 11 23.7 -18.8 294 24 336.6 336.7 293.8 338.0 0.36 14 350 8631 -21.8 -44.2 11 22.3 -25.0 273 21 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.22 15 300 9742 -31.7 -41.6 37 9.9 -33.0 314 24 340.6 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.33 16 250 11005 -41.8 -47.8 52 6.1 -42.2 306 37 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.8 0.20 17 200 12478 -52.2 -58.4 47 6.2 -52.4 296 45 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.07 18 150 14286 -64.2 -74.3 24 10.1 -64.3 301 46 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16715 -70.3 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.4 287 11 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.18 m Freezing level: 566.98 mb = 4918.09 m = 16135.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.03 mb = 4442.80 m = 14575.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.42 mb = 2350.76 m = 7712.37 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2976.10 m = 9763.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.16 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 973.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.09 mb = 2343.43 m = 7688.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.09 mb = 3699.41 m = 12137.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.09 mb = 12864.32 m = 42205.27 ft B at Equ Level: 969.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.09 mb = 15719.18 m = 51571.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.4 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 351.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -22.3 tot: -22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.26 Bulk Shear: 53.32 m/s