MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.96,-102.43 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -102.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 525 SFC 901 1007 31.5 19.4 49 12.0 22.7 109 9 313.9 316.9 299.4 363.4 15.98 3 900 1013 30.9 19.4 50 11.5 22.5 109 9 313.3 316.3 299.2 362.5 15.94 4 850 1522 25.8 18.2 63 7.6 20.3 114 11 313.2 316.1 299.0 361.4 15.62 5 800 2052 21.1 16.3 74 4.8 17.7 146 8 313.6 316.4 298.5 359.1 14.71 6 750 2610 18.4 9.3 55 9.2 12.5 244 9 316.6 318.5 296.1 347.5 9.83 7 700 3197 13.5 5.9 60 7.6 8.8 248 5 317.4 319.0 295.3 343.8 8.36 8 650 3815 8.4 3.0 69 5.4 5.2 254 3 318.5 319.9 294.7 341.8 7.33 9 600 4472 4.1 -2.6 62 6.7 0.6 327 5 320.9 322.0 293.9 338.0 5.28 10 550 5175 0.6 -9.4 47 10.0 -3.9 11 11 324.8 325.5 293.4 336.2 3.41 11 500 5934 -3.9 -13.1 49 9.2 -7.7 342 8 328.3 328.9 293.8 337.9 2.80 12 450 6757 -9.4 -20.2 41 10.8 -13.0 278 8 331.5 331.8 293.7 337.5 1.71 13 400 7654 -16.3 -26.6 41 10.3 -19.0 270 9 333.7 334.0 293.7 337.7 1.08 14 350 8647 -22.0 -48.1 8 26.0 -25.4 288 17 339.0 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.14 15 300 9761 -30.6 -52.2 10 21.6 -32.5 282 20 342.2 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.10 16 250 11030 -40.2 -51.9 28 11.6 -41.0 300 23 346.2 346.3 295.9 346.8 0.13 17 200 12509 -52.6 -59.7 42 7.1 -52.8 326 25 349.4 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14311 -64.7 -77.1 17 12.4 -64.8 293 18 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16711 -74.2 -83.8 21 9.7 -74.2 333 9 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.20 m Freezing level: 542.91 mb = 5283.01 m = 17332.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.29 mb = 4562.76 m = 14969.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.18 % Est. max temperature: 34.08 C = 93.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.74 mb = 2532.55 m = 8308.78 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 27.11 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.65 mb = 2973.01 m = 9753.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.62 C = 94.32 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 40.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2486.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.42 mb = 2524.83 m = 8283.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.42 mb = 3287.63 m = 10786.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.42 mb = 14618.28 m = 47959.67 ft B at Equ Level: 2477.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.1 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 347.1 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: -6.7 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 67.07 Bulk Shear: 37.08 m/s