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: 35.73,-100.75 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 554 SFC 914 892 23.5 20.3 82 3.2 21.2 91 8 304.4 307.5 297.5 354.0 16.66 3 900 1028 22.0 19.6 86 2.5 20.3 92 10 304.2 307.2 297.1 352.3 16.14 4 850 1523 17.9 17.1 95 0.8 17.4 96 8 304.9 307.6 296.3 348.6 14.62 5 800 2041 15.3 14.5 95 0.8 14.7 90 2 307.4 309.9 296.0 346.9 13.07 6 750 2587 12.4 11.4 94 0.9 11.8 338 3 310.0 312.2 295.5 344.8 11.40 7 700 3164 9.8 8.2 90 1.6 8.8 297 10 313.3 315.2 295.2 343.6 9.79 8 650 3777 7.0 3.7 80 3.3 5.0 301 26 316.8 318.3 294.6 341.1 7.68 9 600 4431 2.8 -1.9 71 4.7 0.4 295 34 319.4 320.5 293.6 337.3 5.56 10 550 5130 -1.4 -7.4 64 6.0 -4.3 304 33 322.4 323.2 293.2 335.5 3.98 11 500 5884 -5.3 -16.3 42 11.0 -9.4 304 31 326.6 327.0 292.8 333.9 2.14 12 450 6704 -10.2 -30.6 17 20.5 -15.2 294 26 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.66 13 400 7598 -16.7 -22.0 63 5.3 -18.3 290 33 333.3 333.6 294.1 339.2 1.64 14 350 8588 -23.4 -31.1 49 7.7 -24.9 267 40 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.3 0.82 15 300 9699 -31.3 -37.6 54 6.3 -32.2 269 45 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.1 0.50 16 250 10963 -41.7 -48.5 48 6.8 -42.2 268 47 344.1 344.2 295.5 344.9 0.19 17 200 12436 -53.4 -64.0 26 10.7 -53.6 269 54 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14239 -64.7 -79.3 12 14.6 -64.8 285 48 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16667 -69.2 -84.9 9 15.7 -69.3 293 13 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.90 m Freezing level: 566.83 mb = 4894.99 m = 16059.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.99 mb = 4485.17 m = 14714.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.59 mb = 1295.63 m = 4250.71 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 21.14 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1627.23 m = 5338.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 38.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 900.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.03 mb = 1572.59 m = 5159.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.03 mb = 1829.25 m = 6001.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.03 mb = 12756.73 m = 41852.28 ft B at Equ Level: 894.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.03 mb = 15573.39 m = 51093.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.4 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 332.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.8 neg: -5.9 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 8.49 Bulk Shear: 106.10 m/s