MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 35.66,-100.83 Latitude: 35.66 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 133 1 950 580 SFC 913 922 20.9 17.9 83 3.0 18.8 46 9 301.8 304.4 295.2 343.8 14.26 3 900 1049 19.3 17.6 90 1.7 18.1 46 12 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.2 14.19 4 850 1539 15.8 15.4 97 0.4 15.6 55 11 302.7 305.2 294.7 341.5 13.09 5 800 2061 19.8 8.9 49 11.0 12.9 49 6 312.3 314.0 294.3 340.0 8.95 6 750 2614 16.7 2.7 39 14.0 8.6 15 5 314.7 315.9 292.9 334.2 6.20 7 700 3197 12.1 4.4 59 7.7 7.5 319 7 315.9 317.3 294.2 339.6 7.53 8 650 3813 7.8 -0.1 58 7.8 3.5 315 12 317.7 318.9 293.4 336.5 5.86 9 600 4467 2.9 -4.2 59 7.1 -0.7 314 15 319.5 320.4 292.9 334.6 4.66 10 550 5165 -1.2 -17.0 29 15.7 -7.0 310 15 322.6 323.0 291.4 328.9 1.84 11 500 5921 -4.1 -38.3 5 34.2 -11.6 322 19 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.28 12 450 6743 -9.0 -20.5 39 11.5 -12.8 324 28 331.9 332.3 293.8 337.8 1.67 13 400 7644 -15.1 -26.6 37 11.5 -18.2 308 31 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.3 1.09 14 350 8638 -22.5 -35.3 30 12.8 -24.8 286 23 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.5 0.54 15 300 9748 -31.8 -38.6 51 6.8 -32.7 292 23 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.3 0.45 16 250 11008 -42.0 -45.9 66 3.9 -42.3 299 31 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.25 17 200 12480 -53.0 -63.2 28 10.2 -53.2 308 51 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14287 -63.6 -77.9 13 14.3 -63.7 307 49 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16720 -71.7 -85.6 11 13.9 -71.8 318 19 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.92 m Freezing level: 564.86 mb = 4957.88 m = 16265.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.21 mb = 4356.04 m = 14291.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.95 mb = 1300.84 m = 4267.79 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3170.86 m = 10402.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.59 C = 94.27 F Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 27.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3477.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.67 mb = 1716.34 m = 5630.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.6 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 0.6 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: -4.0 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 32.74 m/s