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: 35.96,-102.85 Latitude: 35.96 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 516 2 900 1003 SFC 872 1286 28.7 18.1 53 10.6 21.1 167 11 313.9 316.8 298.8 360.8 15.17 4 850 1511 25.8 17.4 60 8.3 19.8 170 13 313.1 316.0 298.5 359.1 14.89 5 800 2041 20.6 16.6 78 4.0 17.7 174 13 313.1 315.9 298.6 359.4 15.01 6 750 2596 16.2 13.4 83 2.8 14.3 202 11 314.2 316.6 297.5 354.4 12.99 7 700 3182 14.5 -0.2 36 14.8 6.3 263 8 318.6 319.6 293.3 335.9 5.38 8 650 3802 9.2 2.4 62 6.8 5.2 286 11 319.3 320.7 294.7 341.7 7.00 9 600 4459 3.9 -3.2 60 7.1 0.3 278 14 320.6 321.6 293.6 337.0 5.05 10 550 5160 -1.0 -5.8 70 4.8 -3.3 274 19 322.9 323.8 293.7 337.7 4.51 11 500 5914 -5.8 -9.5 75 3.7 -7.4 264 21 326.0 326.7 293.9 338.4 3.72 12 450 6732 -10.5 -14.5 73 4.0 -12.1 261 29 330.0 330.6 294.2 339.6 2.77 13 400 7629 -16.1 -20.6 68 4.6 -17.5 263 31 334.1 334.5 294.5 340.7 1.85 14 350 8622 -22.8 -27.6 65 4.8 -23.9 275 36 338.1 338.3 294.8 342.2 1.13 15 300 9735 -30.6 -35.9 60 5.3 -31.4 283 44 342.3 342.4 295.4 344.6 0.60 16 250 11004 -40.7 -47.3 49 6.6 -41.2 295 43 345.5 345.6 295.8 346.4 0.21 17 200 12482 -52.2 -61.7 31 9.5 -52.4 297 34 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.05 18 150 14289 -65.1 -76.3 20 11.2 -65.1 286 26 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16699 -72.2 -83.5 17 11.3 -72.2 281 8 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.37 m Freezing level: 560.18 mb = 5017.37 m = 16460.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.44 mb = 4506.87 m = 14786.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.71 mb = 2621.50 m = 8600.62 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 23.50 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.17 mb = 3215.73 m = 10550.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.23 C = 91.82 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2224.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.45 mb = 2590.42 m = 8498.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.45 mb = 3605.47 m = 11828.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.45 mb = 14471.88 m = 47479.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2208.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.7 neg: -6.6 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 41.34 Bulk Shear: 53.81 m/s