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: 35.8,-100.75 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 543 SFC 916 867 28.1 18.2 55 9.8 21.1 123 9 308.9 311.6 297.3 352.9 14.53 3 900 1023 26.2 17.7 60 8.5 20.2 125 10 308.5 311.2 297.0 351.8 14.30 4 850 1524 21.2 16.6 75 4.6 18.0 132 9 308.4 311.1 296.9 351.3 14.16 5 800 2046 17.6 11.9 69 5.8 13.8 180 5 309.9 312.0 295.1 343.5 11.00 6 750 2599 16.8 7.9 56 8.9 11.2 263 10 314.9 316.6 295.0 342.8 8.95 7 700 3183 12.6 6.8 68 5.8 9.0 279 13 316.5 318.2 295.4 344.5 8.90 8 650 3801 9.1 -1.5 47 10.6 3.4 313 14 319.3 320.3 293.4 336.3 5.30 9 600 4458 3.7 -1.8 67 5.5 0.8 324 19 320.4 321.5 294.0 338.5 5.60 10 550 5160 -0.2 -6.3 63 6.1 -3.1 312 24 323.9 324.8 293.9 338.3 4.35 11 500 5917 -4.9 -11.6 59 6.7 -7.7 308 22 327.1 327.7 293.7 337.8 3.16 12 450 6737 -10.2 -17.4 56 7.2 -12.8 302 27 330.4 330.8 293.8 337.9 2.17 13 400 7633 -16.1 -27.2 38 11.0 -19.0 293 33 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.8 1.03 14 350 8623 -23.5 -33.6 39 10.1 -25.4 288 32 337.0 337.2 294.2 339.5 0.64 15 300 9732 -31.6 -44.4 27 12.8 -33.0 288 39 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.8 0.24 16 250 10995 -41.2 -49.4 41 8.2 -41.8 297 41 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.4 0.17 17 200 12474 -51.6 -69.7 10 18.1 -52.0 310 41 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14282 -64.9 -76.3 19 11.4 -65.0 313 33 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16698 -72.2 -83.7 16 11.5 -72.2 320 15 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.22 m Freezing level: 552.01 mb = 5131.93 m = 16836.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.05 mb = 4593.11 m = 15069.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.85 mb = 2112.18 m = 6929.65 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.25 mb = 3060.17 m = 10039.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.16 C = 95.28 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 801.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.76 mb = 2178.20 m = 7146.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.76 mb = 4152.71 m = 13624.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.76 mb = 12382.92 m = 40625.89 ft B at Equ Level: 794.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.76 mb = 15475.92 m = 50773.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 333.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 9.21 Bulk Shear: 87.05 m/s