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: 35.66,-100.83 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 550 SFC 911 922 24.8 20.2 76 4.6 21.5 152 4 306.0 309.1 297.8 355.6 16.54 3 900 1026 23.3 19.3 78 4.0 20.5 162 4 305.5 308.4 297.3 352.9 15.85 4 850 1522 18.5 17.9 96 0.6 18.1 197 5 305.5 308.4 297.0 351.5 15.36 5 800 2041 15.1 14.2 94 0.9 14.5 249 4 307.2 309.6 295.7 345.8 12.81 6 750 2586 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 284 5 310.0 312.1 295.2 343.6 11.03 7 700 3163 9.5 7.2 86 2.3 8.1 270 13 313.1 314.8 294.7 341.5 9.18 8 650 3776 6.3 3.8 84 2.5 4.8 270 21 316.1 317.6 294.4 340.5 7.77 9 600 4429 2.5 -0.1 83 2.6 1.1 276 26 319.0 320.3 294.1 339.4 6.36 10 550 5127 -1.6 -4.2 83 2.6 -2.9 283 32 322.1 323.1 294.0 338.8 5.10 11 500 5881 -5.7 -7.4 88 1.7 -6.5 295 30 326.1 327.0 294.5 340.8 4.40 12 450 6701 -10.0 -11.4 89 1.4 -10.6 299 32 330.7 331.4 295.0 342.9 3.56 13 400 7600 -15.5 -17.8 83 2.3 -16.3 300 37 334.8 335.3 295.1 343.2 2.36 14 350 8596 -22.3 -23.8 88 1.5 -22.7 276 34 338.6 339.0 295.4 344.4 1.60 15 300 9709 -31.0 -35.2 67 4.2 -31.7 267 35 341.7 341.8 295.3 344.1 0.64 16 250 10974 -41.0 -53.9 24 12.8 -41.8 260 35 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 17 200 12447 -53.8 -61.3 39 7.6 -53.9 263 32 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14247 -64.8 -77.7 15 12.9 -64.9 283 45 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16671 -69.9 -85.7 8 15.8 -70.0 272 8 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.77 m Freezing level: 569.71 mb = 4851.92 m = 15918.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.99 mb = 4618.32 m = 15151.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.77 mb = 1504.41 m = 4935.67 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1685.11 m = 5528.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.68 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 39.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1068.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.18 mb = 1652.42 m = 5421.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.18 mb = 1806.99 m = 5928.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.18 mb = 13031.09 m = 42752.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1065.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.18 mb = 15983.74 m = 52439.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 60.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 17.72 Bulk Shear: 60.28 m/s