MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.92,-101.7 Latitude: 34.92 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 90 1 950 543 2 900 1023 SFC 897 1048 26.6 17.6 58 9.0 20.2 128 9 309.1 311.8 297.1 352.4 14.25 4 850 1523 21.3 16.4 74 4.9 17.9 127 10 308.4 311.0 296.8 350.6 13.92 5 800 2046 19.5 12.2 63 7.3 14.7 156 2 311.9 314.1 295.8 346.5 11.24 6 750 2602 17.7 9.7 60 8.0 12.5 251 10 315.8 317.7 296.1 347.6 10.16 7 700 3188 13.1 5.9 61 7.3 8.7 276 14 317.0 318.7 295.1 343.4 8.34 8 650 3806 8.5 2.5 66 6.0 5.1 308 14 318.6 320.0 294.6 341.2 7.09 9 600 4462 3.8 -1.7 67 5.5 0.9 320 19 320.6 321.7 294.0 338.8 5.65 10 550 5164 -0.2 -7.5 58 7.4 -3.6 314 21 323.9 324.7 293.6 337.0 3.95 11 500 5921 -4.5 -12.7 52 8.3 -7.9 313 19 327.6 328.1 293.7 337.3 2.87 12 450 6743 -9.9 -16.1 60 6.3 -12.2 295 22 330.8 331.3 294.1 339.2 2.41 13 400 7640 -16.1 -24.0 51 7.8 -18.4 281 23 334.0 334.3 294.1 339.0 1.38 14 350 8629 -23.6 -34.9 34 11.4 -25.6 283 30 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.1 0.56 15 300 9737 -31.5 -41.5 37 10.0 -32.7 290 35 341.0 341.0 294.8 342.3 0.33 16 250 11004 -40.5 -55.6 18 15.0 -41.4 285 37 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 17 200 12484 -51.9 -65.2 19 13.4 -52.2 286 36 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.03 18 150 14295 -63.8 -77.3 14 13.5 -63.9 307 23 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16708 -72.4 -84.5 14 12.2 -72.4 340 13 387.9 387.9 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.29 m Freezing level: 551.95 mb = 5137.05 m = 16853.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.04 mb = 4597.36 m = 15083.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.49 % Est. max temperature: 33.08 C = 91.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.42 mb = 2182.78 m = 7161.25 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.57 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.19 mb = 3281.20 m = 10764.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.48 C = 94.06 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 645.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.61 mb = 2379.59 m = 7806.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.61 mb = 4265.06 m = 13992.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.61 mb = 12016.25 m = 39422.92 ft B at Equ Level: 643.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.61 mb = 14939.19 m = 49012.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.8 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 331.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 103.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 7.86 Bulk Shear: 82.12 m/s