MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 35.06,-101.85 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 536 2 900 1015 SFC 892 1096 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 21.9 122 12 307.9 311.2 299.0 361.5 17.71 4 850 1515 20.3 19.5 95 0.8 19.8 127 15 307.4 310.6 298.5 358.8 17.02 5 800 2038 18.0 16.8 92 1.3 17.2 198 3 310.4 313.3 298.1 356.8 15.19 6 750 2590 14.7 13.2 91 1.5 13.7 287 8 312.6 315.0 297.1 352.1 12.85 7 700 3171 11.2 9.1 87 2.1 9.8 307 18 314.8 316.8 296.0 347.3 10.42 8 650 3787 7.5 3.1 74 4.4 4.9 298 22 317.4 318.9 294.5 340.8 7.39 9 600 4441 3.1 -2.5 66 5.6 0.2 290 25 319.8 320.8 293.6 336.9 5.31 10 550 5141 -0.7 -13.3 38 12.6 -5.9 294 25 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.6 2.49 11 500 5896 -5.2 -16.5 40 11.4 -9.4 292 25 326.7 327.1 292.8 334.0 2.10 12 450 6714 -10.9 -18.4 54 7.5 -13.5 287 23 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.4 1.99 13 400 7609 -16.3 -28.9 33 12.5 -19.4 273 29 333.8 333.9 293.6 337.0 0.88 14 350 8600 -22.9 -34.5 34 11.5 -25.1 263 36 337.8 338.0 294.3 340.1 0.59 15 300 9711 -31.1 -35.9 62 4.8 -31.8 269 40 341.6 341.7 295.3 343.9 0.60 16 250 10978 -41.1 -49.6 39 8.6 -41.6 266 46 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.7 0.16 17 200 12452 -53.2 -65.6 21 12.4 -53.4 267 49 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.03 18 150 14255 -64.7 -79.8 11 15.1 -64.8 282 44 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16669 -71.6 -83.2 16 11.6 -71.7 288 16 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.55 m Freezing level: 559.61 mb = 5006.98 m = 16426.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.39 mb = 4463.10 m = 14642.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.28 mb = 1593.77 m = 5228.83 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 29.93 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2021.53 m = 6632.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 42.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2380.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.55 mb = 1808.91 m = 5934.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.55 mb = 2292.56 m = 7521.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.55 mb = 14393.67 m = 47222.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2357.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 16.92 Bulk Shear: 140.73 m/s