MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.8,-100.52 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -100.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 551 SFC 921 823 26.8 17.7 58 9.0 20.4 131 11 307.1 309.7 296.4 349.2 14.00 3 900 1028 24.3 17.1 64 7.2 19.2 133 12 306.5 309.1 296.1 347.8 13.74 4 850 1526 19.4 16.0 81 3.4 17.1 137 12 306.5 309.0 296.0 347.2 13.56 5 800 2045 15.3 13.9 91 1.5 14.3 168 6 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.3 12.54 6 750 2595 16.1 9.7 66 6.4 12.0 293 9 314.1 316.0 295.6 345.5 10.12 7 700 3178 12.7 3.1 52 9.6 7.2 295 12 316.6 317.9 293.9 338.3 6.87 8 650 3796 9.0 -1.6 47 10.6 3.3 322 13 319.2 320.2 293.3 336.0 5.24 9 600 4453 4.3 -5.3 50 9.6 -0.4 335 18 321.1 321.9 293.1 335.1 4.30 10 550 5156 0.0 -7.4 57 7.5 -3.5 320 21 324.1 324.9 293.6 337.3 3.97 11 500 5913 -4.7 -12.4 55 7.7 -7.9 305 23 327.2 327.8 293.6 337.2 2.94 12 450 6734 -10.1 -15.7 63 5.6 -12.2 296 27 330.6 331.1 294.1 339.2 2.50 13 400 7630 -16.4 -24.7 49 8.3 -18.7 282 31 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.30 14 350 8620 -23.1 -29.8 54 6.7 -24.5 292 34 337.7 337.9 294.6 341.1 0.92 15 300 9731 -31.3 -40.2 41 9.0 -32.4 295 41 341.3 341.4 295.0 342.8 0.38 16 250 10997 -41.2 -51.1 34 9.9 -41.8 302 42 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.4 0.14 17 200 12473 -51.8 -67.0 15 15.2 -52.2 307 39 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14282 -64.7 -78.7 13 14.1 -64.8 299 36 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16698 -72.5 -84.3 15 11.9 -72.5 306 12 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.11 m Freezing level: 549.54 mb = 5162.79 m = 16938.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.99 mb = 4371.99 m = 14343.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.41 mb = 1965.69 m = 6449.05 ft T: 15.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.47 mb = 3112.45 m = 10211.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.83 C = 96.49 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 30.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.66 mb = 1973.62 m = 6475.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.66 mb = 4986.51 m = 16359.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.66 mb = 11500.88 m = 37732.09 ft B at Equ Level: 325.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.66 mb = 13811.44 m = 45312.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.5 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 338.5 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 97.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 3.17 Bulk Shear: 104.00 m/s