MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-101.62 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 542 2 900 1020 SFC 897 1049 25.7 21.1 76 4.6 22.3 137 8 308.3 311.7 299.2 362.4 17.84 4 850 1519 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 166 8 307.0 310.0 297.8 355.7 16.16 5 800 2041 17.3 15.3 88 2.1 15.9 263 17 309.6 312.2 297.0 351.5 13.76 6 750 2591 14.0 11.4 84 2.6 12.3 283 21 311.7 313.9 295.8 346.5 11.33 7 700 3171 11.0 6.7 75 4.3 8.3 279 27 314.7 316.4 294.8 342.2 8.82 8 650 3787 8.0 0.9 60 7.2 4.0 287 26 318.0 319.3 293.9 338.1 6.28 9 600 4441 2.9 -0.2 80 3.1 1.3 279 27 319.5 320.7 294.3 339.8 6.32 10 550 5141 -1.4 -7.2 64 5.9 -4.1 276 27 322.5 323.3 293.3 335.8 4.04 11 500 5895 -5.5 -13.5 53 8.0 -8.7 284 26 326.3 326.9 293.2 335.5 2.69 12 450 6713 -10.4 -18.8 50 8.4 -13.3 291 23 330.2 330.6 293.6 336.9 1.92 13 400 7610 -16.3 -23.7 53 7.4 -18.4 296 29 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.9 1.41 14 350 8601 -22.6 -25.7 75 3.2 -23.4 261 31 338.3 338.6 295.1 343.3 1.35 15 300 9712 -31.3 -38.3 50 7.0 -32.3 261 34 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.1 0.47 16 250 10981 -40.4 -58.7 12 18.3 -41.3 263 38 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.06 17 200 12455 -53.6 -61.8 36 8.2 -53.8 271 34 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.05 18 150 14255 -64.9 -78.5 14 13.5 -65.0 283 41 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16675 -70.9 -84.1 13 13.2 -71.0 277 11 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.54 m Freezing level: 565.90 mb = 4918.37 m = 16136.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.34 mb = 4599.17 m = 15088.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.82 mb = 1633.15 m = 5358.05 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 24.32 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 2009.81 m = 6593.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 39.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1858.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.32 mb = 1835.78 m = 6022.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.32 mb = 2209.86 m = 7250.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.32 mb = 14077.55 m = 46185.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1842.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 166.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.83 Bulk Rich Number: 17.95 Bulk Shear: 103.53 m/s