MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 24.85,-108.52 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -108.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 -0 30.2 26.0 78 4.2 27.0 297 5 302.5 306.5 299.9 366.1 21.40 1 1000 87 29.4 25.4 79 4.0 26.4 298 6 302.5 306.3 299.5 364.3 20.82 2 950 546 28.3 17.6 52 10.6 20.8 330 8 305.9 308.4 295.8 346.3 13.48 3 900 1024 25.2 18.4 66 6.8 20.4 15 7 307.5 310.3 297.2 352.6 14.96 4 850 1524 21.3 18.0 81 3.4 18.9 31 7 308.5 311.4 297.7 355.2 15.41 5 800 2049 18.1 16.7 92 1.4 17.1 66 8 310.4 313.3 298.0 356.6 15.14 6 750 2600 14.8 10.8 77 4.0 12.2 109 8 312.7 314.8 295.8 346.4 10.91 7 700 3181 12.1 5.9 66 6.2 8.3 148 9 315.9 317.5 294.8 342.2 8.38 8 650 3798 7.4 3.3 75 4.1 4.9 149 11 317.3 318.7 294.6 340.9 7.47 9 600 4452 2.7 -0.3 80 3.0 1.1 140 11 319.3 320.5 294.1 339.4 6.26 10 550 5151 -1.6 -5.9 73 4.3 -3.7 143 10 322.2 323.1 293.6 336.9 4.50 11 500 5904 -5.9 -12.6 59 6.7 -8.7 144 9 325.9 326.4 293.2 335.6 2.90 12 450 6722 -10.6 -22.3 37 11.8 -14.2 116 7 330.0 330.3 293.0 335.0 1.42 13 400 7618 -16.2 -33.7 21 17.5 -19.9 95 8 333.9 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.56 14 350 8609 -22.7 -39.5 20 16.8 -25.4 114 6 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.5 0.35 15 300 9722 -30.9 -43.6 28 12.7 -32.4 136 11 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.9 0.27 16 250 10986 -40.9 -45.4 62 4.5 -41.2 128 24 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.4 0.27 17 200 12463 -53.6 -57.7 61 4.0 -53.8 120 22 347.8 347.9 296.2 348.2 0.08 18 150 14258 -65.2 -76.6 19 11.4 -65.3 150 28 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16671 -74.1 -85.0 17 10.9 -74.2 98 17 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.42 m Freezing level: 568.30 mb = 4894.98 m = 16059.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.68 mb = 4604.88 m = 15107.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.33 % Est. max temperature: 36.00 C = 96.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.79 mb = 538.15 m = 1765.57 ft T: 28.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.65 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2111.58 m = 6927.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1448.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.43 mb = 1417.71 m = 4651.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.43 mb = 3356.50 m = 11012.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.43 mb = 13646.93 m = 44772.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1437.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 120.4 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 150.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 65.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 46.59 Bulk Shear: 31.10 m/s