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: 36.33,-103.03 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -103.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 530 2 900 1012 SFC 860 1415 24.2 19.4 75 4.8 20.7 105 2 310.5 313.6 299.0 361.5 16.71 4 850 1516 23.4 18.5 74 4.8 19.9 167 2 310.6 313.6 298.6 359.6 16.01 5 800 2043 19.4 16.8 85 2.5 17.6 192 9 311.8 314.7 298.4 358.6 15.25 6 750 2597 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 221 15 313.5 316.2 298.4 358.4 14.53 7 700 3181 12.2 12.0 99 0.1 12.1 238 20 316.0 318.4 297.8 355.6 12.71 8 650 3798 7.4 7.1 97 0.4 7.2 253 25 317.4 319.3 296.2 348.1 9.76 9 600 4453 2.6 0.7 87 2.0 1.5 262 30 319.2 320.5 294.4 340.6 6.70 10 550 5152 -1.3 -2.8 90 1.5 -2.1 276 34 322.5 323.6 294.6 341.0 5.68 11 500 5907 -5.0 -7.2 85 2.2 -6.1 288 42 326.9 327.8 294.7 341.8 4.45 12 450 6729 -9.4 -15.5 61 6.1 -11.7 287 47 331.4 331.9 294.4 340.2 2.55 13 400 7626 -16.3 -22.0 61 5.7 -18.0 286 43 333.8 334.2 294.3 339.7 1.65 14 350 8620 -22.2 -30.1 49 7.9 -23.9 291 38 338.9 339.0 294.8 342.2 0.90 15 300 9734 -30.6 -37.8 49 7.2 -31.6 295 38 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.2 0.49 16 250 11003 -39.9 -43.7 67 3.8 -40.2 313 30 346.8 346.8 296.2 348.0 0.32 17 200 12490 -51.1 -55.0 63 3.9 -51.2 338 28 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.3 0.11 18 150 14295 -65.9 -70.2 55 4.3 -66.0 328 23 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16700 -71.1 -84.0 13 12.9 -71.2 294 10 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.96 m Freezing level: 566.55 mb = 4920.51 m = 16143.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.76 mb = 4742.30 m = 15558.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.43 mb = 2027.59 m = 6652.10 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 20.94 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2510.01 m = 8234.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 46.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2166.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.13 mb = 2325.05 m = 7628.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.13 mb = 2720.24 m = 8924.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.13 mb = 14741.29 m = 48363.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2124.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 18.87 Bulk Shear: 114.85 m/s