MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.09,-100.69 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -100.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 568 SFC 923 818 21.0 19.1 89 1.9 19.7 153 5 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.9 15.26 3 900 1037 18.9 18.6 98 0.3 18.7 162 7 301.0 303.7 295.6 345.4 15.11 4 850 1528 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.5 240 7 303.7 306.3 295.6 345.3 13.99 5 800 2048 17.5 14.0 80 3.5 15.1 266 9 309.8 312.2 296.3 348.2 12.63 6 750 2598 15.1 10.6 75 4.5 12.1 274 6 312.9 315.0 295.8 346.2 10.77 7 700 3180 11.1 7.8 80 3.3 9.0 284 7 314.7 316.6 295.4 344.4 9.52 8 650 3793 5.9 5.3 96 0.6 5.6 270 11 315.7 317.3 295.0 342.8 8.65 9 600 4445 1.9 1.4 96 0.5 1.7 254 13 318.4 319.7 294.6 340.9 7.08 10 550 5143 -2.1 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.4 250 12 321.6 322.7 294.3 340.1 5.69 11 500 5896 -6.0 -7.6 88 1.6 -6.7 269 17 325.7 326.6 294.3 340.1 4.32 12 450 6715 -10.5 -12.6 84 2.2 -11.3 294 17 330.1 330.7 294.6 341.1 3.22 13 400 7611 -16.1 -18.1 85 1.9 -16.8 301 16 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.1 2.31 14 350 8603 -23.0 -25.4 81 2.3 -23.7 318 15 337.7 338.0 295.0 342.8 1.39 15 300 9714 -31.4 -34.3 75 3.0 -31.9 307 28 341.2 341.3 295.3 343.8 0.69 16 250 10980 -40.5 -45.1 62 4.6 -40.9 294 51 345.8 345.9 296.0 346.9 0.27 17 200 12457 -53.4 -58.7 52 5.3 -53.5 293 54 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14258 -64.9 -74.1 27 9.2 -65.0 305 28 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16674 -71.3 -84.1 13 12.8 -71.3 333 6 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.86 m Freezing level: 575.84 mb = 4782.36 m = 15689.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.76 mb = 4720.43 m = 15486.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.49 mb = 1061.13 m = 3481.36 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 8.15 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1461.33 m = 4794.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 282.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.58 mb = 1402.01 m = 4599.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.58 mb = 3697.49 m = 12130.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.58 mb = 10253.53 m = 33639.79 ft B at Equ Level: 281.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.58 mb = 13564.37 m = 44501.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 13.30 Bulk Shear: 21.27 m/s