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: 36.28,-102.79 Latitude: 36.28 Longitude: -102.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 513 2 900 1000 SFC 868 1318 28.8 17.7 51 11.1 20.8 165 11 314.4 317.3 298.8 360.5 14.86 4 850 1509 26.4 17.0 56 9.4 19.7 168 13 313.8 316.6 298.5 358.8 14.54 5 800 2040 21.2 16.1 73 5.0 17.6 173 13 313.7 316.5 298.5 358.8 14.57 6 750 2595 15.8 15.1 95 0.7 15.4 179 12 313.8 316.6 298.5 358.9 14.57 7 700 3180 13.3 4.7 56 8.6 8.2 253 8 317.3 318.7 294.7 341.6 7.68 8 650 3799 8.7 3.3 68 5.5 5.5 280 10 318.8 320.3 295.0 342.6 7.47 9 600 4456 3.5 -0.9 73 4.4 1.1 275 15 320.1 321.3 294.1 339.4 5.98 10 550 5156 -1.3 -4.5 79 3.2 -2.9 267 21 322.6 323.5 294.0 338.8 4.98 11 500 5910 -6.1 -8.0 86 1.9 -7.0 262 24 325.6 326.5 294.2 339.5 4.18 12 450 6727 -10.8 -14.1 76 3.3 -12.1 258 30 329.6 330.2 294.1 339.4 2.85 13 400 7624 -16.2 -19.5 76 3.3 -17.3 261 37 333.9 334.4 294.6 341.2 2.04 14 350 8616 -22.6 -24.9 81 2.4 -23.2 272 41 338.3 338.6 295.2 343.6 1.44 15 300 9730 -30.5 -33.7 73 3.2 -31.0 283 46 342.4 342.5 295.6 345.2 0.74 16 250 11000 -40.2 -47.5 46 7.3 -40.8 295 47 346.3 346.3 296.0 347.1 0.21 17 200 12479 -52.4 -60.0 39 7.6 -52.6 295 39 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.1 0.06 18 150 14285 -65.0 -77.7 16 12.7 -65.1 284 29 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16698 -72.1 -84.0 15 11.9 -72.1 288 9 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.10 m Freezing level: 563.55 mb = 4966.44 m = 16293.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.25 mb = 4642.30 m = 15230.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.99 mb = 2720.73 m = 8926.19 ft T: 15.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.39 mb = 2878.08 m = 9442.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 40.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2238.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.21 mb = 2683.90 m = 8805.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.21 mb = 3333.88 m = 10937.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.21 mb = 14397.05 m = 47233.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2226.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -7.3 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 39.33 Bulk Shear: 56.92 m/s