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: 35.73,-100.83 Latitude: 35.73 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 103 1 950 552 SFC 913 903 25.8 17.0 58 8.8 19.7 105 9 306.9 309.4 296.1 347.5 13.48 3 900 1029 24.0 16.5 63 7.5 18.8 107 10 306.3 308.7 295.7 346.0 13.22 4 850 1525 19.1 15.5 80 3.6 16.7 113 10 306.2 308.6 295.7 345.7 13.16 5 800 2046 20.3 3.0 32 17.3 10.3 291 3 312.7 313.9 292.1 331.3 5.94 6 750 2599 16.0 10.6 70 5.5 12.4 278 9 314.0 316.0 296.0 347.3 10.74 7 700 3182 11.9 6.2 68 5.7 8.4 281 12 315.6 317.3 294.9 342.3 8.52 8 650 3799 8.8 -1.3 49 10.0 3.4 315 14 318.9 319.9 293.3 336.1 5.37 9 600 4455 4.1 -3.0 60 7.1 0.4 327 23 320.9 321.9 293.7 337.5 5.12 10 550 5157 -0.4 -7.2 60 6.8 -3.6 313 26 323.6 324.4 293.6 337.0 4.04 11 500 5913 -4.9 -12.8 54 7.9 -8.2 312 29 327.1 327.6 293.5 336.8 2.86 12 450 6733 -10.1 -17.5 55 7.4 -12.7 306 29 330.6 331.0 293.9 338.1 2.16 13 400 7629 -16.8 -20.6 73 3.8 -18.0 292 31 333.1 333.5 294.3 339.7 1.86 14 350 8617 -23.7 -29.1 61 5.3 -24.9 287 36 336.8 337.0 294.4 340.4 0.99 15 300 9724 -31.8 -42.9 33 11.1 -33.1 293 42 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.29 16 250 10989 -40.5 -57.0 15 16.5 -41.3 289 44 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 17 200 12470 -52.0 -64.5 21 12.5 -52.2 296 46 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14282 -63.7 -76.2 17 12.5 -63.8 306 34 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16703 -71.3 -84.9 12 13.5 -71.4 327 15 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.38 m Freezing level: 554.34 mb = 5095.75 m = 16718.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.68 mb = 4526.57 m = 14850.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.45 mb = 2019.74 m = 6626.35 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 16.13 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3364.88 m = 11039.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.29 C = 95.52 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 33.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 376.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.80 mb = 2265.03 m = 7431.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 434.80 mb = 6994.26 m = 22946.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.80 mb = 9609.76 m = 31527.69 ft B at Equ Level: 66.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.80 mb = 10856.75 m = 35618.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 341.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -4.1 tot: 118.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 101.64 m/s