MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.68,-102.58 Latitude: 35.68 Longitude: -102.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 535 2 900 1015 SFC 890 1115 25.7 18.4 64 7.2 20.5 135 12 308.9 311.8 297.7 355.0 15.17 4 850 1518 23.0 17.5 71 5.5 19.1 157 22 310.2 313.1 297.8 355.8 14.93 5 800 2044 19.4 16.4 83 3.0 17.3 190 15 311.9 314.7 298.2 357.4 14.85 6 750 2598 15.6 14.8 95 0.8 15.1 237 15 313.5 316.3 298.2 357.7 14.29 7 700 3183 13.5 4.8 56 8.7 8.3 253 12 317.4 318.9 294.8 342.0 7.75 8 650 3802 9.0 -1.1 49 10.0 3.5 240 9 319.1 320.1 293.4 336.6 5.44 9 600 4458 3.7 -3.4 60 7.1 0.1 255 14 320.4 321.4 293.4 336.6 4.98 10 550 5159 -0.6 -7.7 59 7.1 -3.9 261 22 323.4 324.1 293.4 336.2 3.90 11 500 5914 -5.4 -8.7 77 3.3 -7.0 261 29 326.4 327.2 294.2 339.7 3.95 12 450 6734 -10.2 -12.5 83 2.3 -11.2 274 38 330.4 331.0 294.7 341.5 3.25 13 400 7631 -16.3 -18.5 83 2.3 -17.0 264 37 333.9 334.3 294.7 341.7 2.22 14 350 8624 -22.3 -25.6 75 3.2 -23.2 269 36 338.6 338.9 295.2 343.6 1.37 15 300 9739 -30.3 -34.1 70 3.8 -31.0 287 36 342.6 342.8 295.6 345.4 0.71 16 250 11008 -40.4 -46.1 54 5.7 -40.9 302 33 346.0 346.1 296.0 347.0 0.24 17 200 12489 -51.9 -60.3 36 8.4 -52.2 319 30 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.06 18 150 14294 -65.8 -73.5 33 7.7 -65.8 298 27 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16696 -72.3 -83.4 17 11.1 -72.3 280 9 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.39 m Freezing level: 557.06 mb = 5060.21 m = 16601.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.02 mb = 4471.38 m = 14669.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.91 mb = 2034.55 m = 6674.96 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 21.46 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2659.76 m = 8726.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 474.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1646.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.23 mb = 2259.00 m = 7411.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.23 mb = 3734.90 m = 12253.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.23 mb = 14078.74 m = 46189.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1645.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.7 neg: -10.5 tot: 141.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 14.69 Bulk Shear: 112.02 m/s