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: 35.37,-100.93 Latitude: 35.37 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 551 SFC 908 951 25.0 20.2 74 4.9 21.5 177 7 306.5 309.6 298.0 356.5 16.61 3 900 1027 23.1 19.2 79 3.9 20.4 180 7 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.5 15.76 4 850 1522 18.1 17.7 98 0.4 17.8 191 8 305.1 307.9 296.7 350.3 15.13 5 800 2041 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.0 277 12 307.8 310.1 295.3 344.1 12.00 6 750 2587 12.9 10.3 84 2.6 11.2 283 14 310.6 312.6 295.0 342.8 10.54 7 700 3165 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 277 23 313.5 315.3 295.0 342.6 9.38 8 650 3779 6.7 4.2 84 2.5 5.2 277 28 316.5 318.1 294.7 341.6 7.97 9 600 4432 2.8 -0.4 79 3.2 1.1 283 35 319.4 320.6 294.1 339.3 6.22 10 550 5132 -1.4 -4.5 79 3.1 -3.0 285 37 322.4 323.4 294.0 338.6 4.97 11 500 5886 -5.3 -9.3 73 4.0 -7.1 287 34 326.6 327.3 294.1 339.2 3.78 12 450 6706 -9.9 -14.8 68 4.9 -11.8 288 31 330.7 331.3 294.3 340.1 2.70 13 400 7605 -15.6 -20.5 66 4.9 -17.1 299 33 334.7 335.1 294.7 341.4 1.88 14 350 8599 -22.3 -27.1 65 4.7 -23.5 278 34 338.6 338.9 295.0 343.0 1.19 15 300 9710 -31.0 -39.1 45 8.1 -32.1 272 31 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.3 0.43 16 250 10978 -40.7 -59.6 11 18.8 -41.6 265 34 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 17 200 12451 -53.9 -60.3 45 6.5 -54.1 267 31 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14250 -64.9 -77.4 16 12.5 -65.0 285 43 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16672 -70.0 -84.7 10 14.7 -70.1 283 8 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.79 m Freezing level: 566.80 mb = 4896.65 m = 16064.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.71 mb = 4612.36 m = 15132.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.80 mb = 1564.66 m = 5133.32 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1789.76 m = 5871.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.99 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 769.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.46 mb = 1690.30 m = 5545.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.46 mb = 2271.78 m = 7453.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.46 mb = 12822.88 m = 42069.31 ft B at Equ Level: 767.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.46 mb = 15660.09 m = 51377.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 7.84 Bulk Shear: 98.18 m/s