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,-100.83 Latitude: 35.73 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 103 1 950 552 SFC 913 903 23.8 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 91 8 304.8 307.8 297.6 354.4 16.64 3 900 1027 22.5 19.6 84 2.9 20.4 92 10 304.6 307.6 297.3 352.8 16.14 4 850 1522 18.1 17.2 95 0.9 17.5 99 8 305.1 307.9 296.4 349.1 14.72 5 800 2041 15.4 14.7 96 0.7 14.9 113 2 307.5 310.0 296.1 347.5 13.23 6 750 2587 12.4 11.5 94 0.9 11.9 328 3 310.1 312.2 295.5 345.1 11.46 7 700 3164 9.9 8.1 89 1.7 8.8 297 11 313.4 315.3 295.2 343.7 9.77 8 650 3778 7.0 3.4 77 3.7 4.9 302 27 316.9 318.4 294.5 340.7 7.52 9 600 4432 3.0 -1.8 71 4.7 0.4 296 33 319.6 320.6 293.7 337.6 5.60 10 550 5131 -1.4 -8.0 61 6.6 -4.5 304 32 322.4 323.1 293.0 334.9 3.80 11 500 5885 -5.2 -20.9 28 15.7 -10.4 302 30 326.7 327.0 292.2 331.7 1.44 12 450 6704 -10.2 -35.0 11 24.8 -15.7 292 26 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.43 13 400 7599 -16.7 -22.6 61 5.8 -18.4 288 32 333.2 333.5 294.0 338.8 1.56 14 350 8588 -23.4 -32.3 44 8.9 -25.1 267 40 337.3 337.4 294.3 340.0 0.73 15 300 9699 -31.3 -37.3 56 6.0 -32.2 269 45 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.2 0.52 16 250 10963 -41.7 -49.2 44 7.5 -42.2 268 47 344.1 344.2 295.5 344.8 0.17 17 200 12437 -53.4 -63.1 29 9.8 -53.6 269 54 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 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 -84.5 9 15.3 -69.3 294 13 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.56 m Freezing level: 566.33 mb = 4902.67 m = 16084.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.61 mb = 4490.87 m = 14733.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.90 mb = 1341.87 m = 4402.41 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 22.69 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1668.99 m = 5475.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 38.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 977.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.88 mb = 1604.42 m = 5263.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.88 mb = 1862.14 m = 6109.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.88 mb = 12861.67 m = 42196.56 ft B at Equ Level: 969.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.88 mb = 15732.83 m = 51616.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.6 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 331.6 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: -9.1 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 9.02 Bulk Shear: 108.31 m/s