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: 35.8,-100.83 Latitude: 35.80 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 104 1 950 554 SFC 916 876 23.7 20.3 81 3.4 21.3 88 9 304.4 307.5 297.5 354.0 16.62 3 900 1028 22.1 19.5 85 2.6 20.2 89 11 304.3 307.2 297.1 352.0 16.01 4 850 1523 18.0 16.9 93 1.1 17.2 92 9 305.0 307.7 296.2 348.0 14.40 5 800 2041 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.6 92 3 307.4 309.9 295.8 346.4 12.91 6 750 2587 12.4 11.2 93 1.1 11.7 323 2 310.0 312.1 295.4 344.4 11.25 7 700 3164 9.7 8.0 89 1.7 8.6 296 10 313.3 315.1 295.1 343.2 9.68 8 650 3777 6.8 3.5 79 3.3 4.9 301 25 316.7 318.2 294.5 340.7 7.60 9 600 4431 3.0 -1.7 71 4.7 0.5 297 33 319.6 320.7 293.7 337.8 5.63 10 550 5130 -1.4 -7.6 63 6.2 -4.3 305 32 322.4 323.1 293.2 335.3 3.92 11 500 5884 -5.3 -18.8 34 13.5 -10.1 303 30 326.5 326.9 292.4 332.5 1.73 12 450 6703 -10.3 -31.9 15 21.6 -15.4 291 26 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.5 0.59 13 400 7598 -16.8 -23.1 58 6.3 -18.6 288 32 333.1 333.4 293.9 338.5 1.49 14 350 8587 -23.6 -32.0 46 8.5 -25.2 268 40 337.0 337.2 294.3 339.8 0.74 15 300 9697 -31.3 -37.5 55 6.2 -32.2 269 45 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.2 0.51 16 250 10962 -41.7 -49.5 43 7.8 -42.2 268 47 344.0 344.1 295.4 344.7 0.17 17 200 12435 -53.3 -63.9 26 10.6 -53.5 268 55 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14238 -64.6 -78.9 12 14.3 -64.7 285 48 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16666 -69.2 -84.5 9 15.3 -69.2 293 14 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.90 m Freezing level: 566.09 mb = 4905.33 m = 16093.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.64 mb = 4503.10 m = 14773.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.99 mb = 1301.63 m = 4270.40 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 21.48 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1685.13 m = 5528.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 38.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.23 mb = 1590.86 m = 5219.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.23 mb = 1953.18 m = 6407.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.23 mb = 12814.90 m = 42043.11 ft B at Equ Level: 840.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.23 mb = 15663.18 m = 51387.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.1 neg: -8.3 tot: 83.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 7.64 Bulk Shear: 111.84 m/s