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: 35.06,-101.54 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 540 2 900 1020 SFC 898 1035 26.6 18.5 61 8.1 20.8 135 8 309.1 311.9 297.7 354.9 15.08 4 850 1521 21.2 17.4 79 3.9 18.5 134 9 308.4 311.2 297.4 353.3 14.84 5 800 2045 21.8 11.8 53 10.0 15.1 189 4 314.4 316.5 296.3 348.3 10.91 6 750 2602 18.0 7.9 51 10.2 11.6 249 9 316.1 317.9 295.3 344.2 8.92 7 700 3188 13.2 6.7 65 6.5 9.2 275 12 317.1 318.8 295.5 345.0 8.83 8 650 3807 8.8 -0.3 53 9.1 3.8 309 11 319.0 320.1 293.7 337.5 5.77 9 600 4464 4.2 -2.4 62 6.6 0.7 325 16 321.0 322.1 293.9 338.4 5.35 10 550 5167 0.1 -7.3 57 7.5 -3.4 318 20 324.2 325.0 293.7 337.6 4.01 11 500 5924 -4.5 -12.9 52 8.4 -7.9 305 18 327.6 328.1 293.6 337.2 2.84 12 450 6745 -9.6 -19.0 46 9.4 -12.8 297 27 331.1 331.5 293.8 337.8 1.90 13 400 7643 -16.2 -28.6 34 12.4 -19.3 290 27 333.9 334.1 293.6 337.2 0.90 14 350 8633 -23.4 -33.8 38 10.5 -25.3 282 23 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.6 0.63 15 300 9744 -31.2 -45.6 23 14.4 -32.7 286 34 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.3 0.22 16 250 11009 -40.6 -56.9 16 16.2 -41.5 291 38 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 17 200 12489 -51.9 -63.3 24 11.4 -52.2 310 35 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.7 0.04 18 150 14295 -64.9 -74.0 27 9.1 -65.0 308 27 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16701 -73.1 -84.3 17 11.2 -73.1 326 14 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.83 m Freezing level: 548.54 mb = 5188.88 m = 17023.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.19 mb = 4583.50 m = 15037.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.49 C = 92.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.26 mb = 2064.18 m = 6772.16 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.70 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.49 mb = 3182.22 m = 10440.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.41 C = 93.94 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 994.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.62 mb = 2368.12 m = 7769.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.62 mb = 3990.50 m = 13092.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.62 mb = 12957.07 m = 42509.56 ft B at Equ Level: 987.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.62 mb = 16376.30 m = 53727.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 330.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 77.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 13.78 Bulk Shear: 72.16 m/s