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 the city database file for: KAMA ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: KAMA Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 542 2 900 1024 SFC 895 1072 28.9 18.5 53 10.4 21.4 33 13 311.8 314.7 298.4 358.3 15.16 4 850 1526 22.1 17.2 74 4.9 18.7 34 15 309.3 312.0 297.5 353.9 14.70 5 800 2050 18.1 12.7 71 5.4 14.5 12 12 310.4 312.6 295.7 346.0 11.63 6 750 2603 16.4 8.2 58 8.2 11.3 346 11 314.4 316.2 295.0 342.9 9.16 7 700 3186 12.3 6.3 67 6.0 8.6 325 9 316.1 317.8 295.1 343.1 8.58 8 650 3803 8.0 1.2 62 6.8 4.2 302 9 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.5 6.44 9 600 4458 3.2 -4.6 57 7.8 -0.7 282 12 319.8 320.7 292.9 334.6 4.54 10 550 5157 -1.3 -14.4 36 13.1 -6.5 290 15 322.5 322.9 291.7 330.1 2.27 11 500 5910 -5.3 -31.3 11 26.1 -11.9 300 17 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.56 12 450 6731 -8.4 -46.6 3 38.2 -15.0 310 23 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 13 400 7634 -13.8 -40.7 8 26.8 -18.8 302 23 337.0 337.0 293.9 338.1 0.27 14 350 8632 -21.8 -39.8 18 17.9 -24.8 286 18 339.4 339.4 294.5 340.7 0.34 15 300 9743 -31.7 -42.1 35 10.4 -33.0 310 22 340.6 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.31 16 250 11006 -41.6 -48.4 48 6.8 -42.1 311 36 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.19 17 200 12481 -52.1 -58.1 49 6.0 -52.2 297 43 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.6 0.08 18 150 14289 -64.3 -73.9 26 9.6 -64.4 303 43 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16716 -70.5 -86.1 8 15.6 -70.6 284 10 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.25 m Freezing level: 564.80 mb = 4950.10 m = 16240.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.03 mb = 4362.86 m = 14313.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.33 mb = 2384.78 m = 7823.98 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.41 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.82 mb = 2997.17 m = 9833.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 986.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.97 mb = 2366.62 m = 7764.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.97 mb = 3601.12 m = 11814.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.97 mb = 12938.09 m = 42447.29 ft B at Equ Level: 980.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.97 mb = 15829.43 m = 51933.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -8.1 tot: -6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 24.86 Bulk Shear: 39.68 m/s