MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 34.1,-100.51 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -100.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 560 SFC 946 598 24.7 22.5 88 2.2 23.1 84 6 302.6 306.0 298.1 357.3 18.44 3 900 1035 21.9 20.5 92 1.4 20.9 118 15 304.1 307.3 297.7 355.1 17.14 4 850 1530 19.2 16.8 86 2.4 17.5 142 15 306.2 308.9 296.5 349.3 14.34 5 800 2051 17.5 12.1 71 5.3 14.0 155 7 309.8 311.9 295.3 343.9 11.19 6 750 2601 15.0 10.7 75 4.3 12.2 255 10 312.9 314.9 295.8 346.4 10.85 7 700 3182 10.1 8.2 88 1.9 8.9 287 17 313.7 315.5 295.3 344.1 9.80 8 650 3794 5.8 5.2 96 0.6 5.5 305 19 315.6 317.2 294.9 342.5 8.60 9 600 4446 2.1 0.9 92 1.1 1.4 308 23 318.5 319.9 294.4 340.4 6.85 10 550 5145 -1.1 -5.8 70 4.7 -3.4 309 25 322.8 323.7 293.7 337.6 4.51 11 500 5900 -5.2 -11.3 62 6.1 -7.8 304 25 326.7 327.3 293.7 337.6 3.22 12 450 6720 -10.0 -21.0 40 11.1 -13.5 302 25 330.7 331.0 293.4 336.3 1.59 13 400 7617 -15.8 -21.2 63 5.4 -17.5 272 28 334.4 334.8 294.5 340.7 1.75 14 350 8610 -22.7 -32.7 39 10.1 -24.6 273 37 338.2 338.4 294.5 340.8 0.70 15 300 9724 -30.4 -42.1 31 11.7 -31.9 277 41 342.5 342.5 295.2 343.7 0.31 16 250 10993 -40.9 -53.5 24 12.6 -41.6 269 49 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.10 17 200 12467 -53.5 -64.5 25 11.1 -53.7 270 43 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14266 -65.4 -76.7 19 11.3 -65.4 282 43 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16681 -70.0 -84.0 11 14.1 -70.1 312 11 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.60 m Freezing level: 566.97 mb = 4907.74 m = 16101.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.16 mb = 4647.41 m = 15247.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.32 mb = 877.27 m = 2878.15 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1577.85 m = 5176.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 39.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1480.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.76 mb = 1311.33 m = 4302.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.76 mb = 2866.04 m = 9402.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.76 mb = 13604.08 m = 44632.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1475.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.4 neg: -3.8 tot: 178.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 13.45 Bulk Shear: 110.05 m/s