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: 34.92,-103.74 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -103.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 510 2 900 998 SFC 863 1375 29.2 17.9 51 11.2 21.1 173 10 315.4 318.3 299.2 362.5 15.15 4 850 1508 27.3 17.4 55 9.9 20.2 176 12 314.7 317.6 298.8 360.8 14.84 5 800 2041 22.1 16.3 70 5.8 17.9 182 12 314.7 317.5 298.8 360.3 14.70 6 750 2600 19.7 6.5 42 13.2 11.5 239 14 318.0 319.6 295.2 343.8 8.14 7 700 3189 14.9 5.0 52 9.8 8.9 262 12 318.9 320.5 295.3 344.0 7.86 8 650 3810 9.8 0.6 53 9.1 4.6 268 11 320.0 321.2 294.3 339.9 6.17 9 600 4469 4.5 -3.5 56 8.0 0.4 268 11 321.3 322.3 293.7 337.4 4.94 10 550 5172 -0.1 -6.2 63 6.1 -3.1 293 13 323.9 324.8 293.9 338.3 4.37 11 500 5928 -5.2 -9.8 70 4.6 -7.2 285 14 326.7 327.4 294.1 339.0 3.65 12 450 6748 -9.8 -19.5 45 9.8 -13.1 283 23 331.0 331.3 293.6 337.3 1.81 13 400 7646 -16.1 -29.7 30 13.6 -19.4 282 21 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.0 0.81 14 350 8637 -22.8 -36.9 26 14.1 -25.3 277 23 338.0 338.0 294.3 339.7 0.46 15 300 9749 -30.5 -44.5 24 14.0 -32.1 278 31 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.4 0.24 16 250 11018 -40.4 -49.8 36 9.3 -41.1 282 35 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.6 0.16 17 200 12497 -52.0 -61.0 33 9.0 -52.3 301 36 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.05 18 150 14300 -65.0 -73.9 28 8.9 -65.1 278 20 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16702 -74.6 -82.7 27 8.2 -74.6 303 14 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5872.13 m Freezing level: 551.49 mb = 5151.08 m = 16899.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.63 mb = 4541.71 m = 14900.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.77 mb = 2798.65 m = 9181.80 ft T: 18.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 18.77 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.71 mb = 3448.19 m = 11312.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.50 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 40.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1934.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.69 mb = 2964.29 m = 9725.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.69 mb = 3763.05 m = 12345.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.69 mb = 14554.79 m = 47751.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1903.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.8 neg: -1.6 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 44.27 Bulk Shear: 43.70 m/s