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: 35.27,-101.8 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -101.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 900 1039 SFC 897 1066 20.3 19.6 96 0.7 19.8 168 3 302.7 305.6 296.7 350.6 16.18 4 850 1532 18.2 17.8 98 0.4 17.9 251 5 305.2 308.1 296.8 351.0 15.30 5 800 2052 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 287 12 307.8 310.4 296.5 349.6 13.83 6 750 2599 12.8 12.0 95 0.8 12.3 289 11 310.5 312.7 295.9 346.6 11.83 7 700 3177 9.5 9.2 98 0.3 9.3 279 12 313.0 315.0 295.6 345.4 10.49 8 650 3790 6.1 5.9 99 0.2 6.0 263 14 315.8 317.6 295.3 344.1 9.02 9 600 4442 2.1 2.0 99 0.2 2.0 241 15 318.6 320.0 294.8 342.0 7.37 10 550 5140 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 229 16 321.7 322.9 294.6 340.9 5.90 11 500 5894 -5.6 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.9 229 17 326.2 327.2 294.8 342.1 4.79 12 450 6715 -9.4 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.8 248 21 331.5 332.3 295.4 344.6 3.84 13 400 7618 -14.2 -15.9 87 1.7 -14.9 269 24 336.5 337.0 295.8 346.2 2.76 14 350 8617 -21.1 -23.2 82 2.2 -21.7 291 25 340.4 340.7 295.8 346.5 1.68 15 300 9737 -29.7 -32.4 77 2.7 -30.2 298 31 343.5 343.7 295.9 346.7 0.84 16 250 11008 -40.4 -43.7 71 3.2 -40.8 290 35 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.2 0.32 17 200 12484 -53.7 -57.6 62 3.9 -53.8 283 44 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14264 -67.1 -72.5 46 5.4 -67.1 285 39 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 19 100 16685 -71.9 -84.9 12 13.0 -71.9 320 5 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.88 m Freezing level: 574.18 mb = 4802.85 m = 15757.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.82 mb = 4772.35 m = 15657.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.49 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.47 mb = 1150.67 m = 3775.10 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 10.12 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1721.64 m = 5648.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 41.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 745.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.06 mb = 1623.04 m = 5324.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.06 mb = 2093.92 m = 6869.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.06 mb = 13272.67 m = 43544.99 ft B at Equ Level: 739.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.06 mb = 15795.80 m = 51822.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -5.4 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 50.49 Bulk Shear: 14.77 m/s