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: 35.8,-100.83 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 558 SFC 916 877 26.3 19.1 64 7.3 21.1 27 14 307.0 309.9 297.3 353.2 15.32 3 900 1033 22.8 18.3 76 4.5 19.6 28 16 305.0 307.8 296.5 349.5 14.88 4 850 1528 17.9 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 33 17 304.9 307.6 296.4 348.9 14.74 5 800 2046 16.7 13.3 81 3.4 14.4 1 6 308.9 311.2 295.7 345.7 12.11 6 750 2598 16.3 8.2 59 8.1 11.2 348 11 314.3 316.0 295.0 342.6 9.11 7 700 3181 12.3 5.9 65 6.3 8.4 319 10 316.1 317.7 294.9 342.3 8.36 8 650 3798 7.7 2.7 71 5.0 4.8 290 13 317.7 319.1 294.4 340.5 7.20 9 600 4452 2.8 -3.0 65 5.8 -0.2 281 17 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.9 5.12 10 550 5151 -1.7 -11.7 46 10.0 -5.9 288 18 322.1 322.6 292.2 331.5 2.83 11 500 5903 -5.4 -32.0 10 26.6 -12.1 299 17 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.52 12 450 6723 -8.9 -50.2 2 41.2 -15.5 304 22 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.09 13 400 7626 -13.8 -43.8 6 30.1 -18.9 303 28 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.20 14 350 8623 -22.4 -34.0 34 11.6 -24.6 303 23 338.6 338.7 294.6 340.9 0.62 15 300 9734 -31.8 -49.4 16 17.7 -33.4 313 33 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.14 16 250 10993 -42.2 -51.0 38 8.8 -42.8 309 44 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.14 17 200 12468 -51.9 -59.2 41 7.3 -52.1 297 51 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.9 0.07 18 150 14278 -63.8 -77.9 13 14.0 -63.9 309 49 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16712 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 298 9 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.44 m Freezing level: 568.64 mb = 4890.33 m = 16044.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.57 mb = 4431.15 m = 14537.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.29 mb = 1790.70 m = 5874.93 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 24.87 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.91 mb = 2839.15 m = 9314.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.08 C = 93.35 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 556.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.45 mb = 1716.79 m = 5632.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.45 mb = 3970.29 m = 13025.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.45 mb = 12257.87 m = 40215.62 ft B at Equ Level: 545.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.45 mb = 14846.26 m = 48707.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.9 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 342.9 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -5.9 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 11.37 Bulk Shear: 48.90 m/s