MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 36.12,-103.51 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 540 2 900 1018 3 850 1518 SFC 848 1534 20.6 19.5 93 1.1 19.8 94 9 307.9 311.1 298.6 359.4 17.04 5 800 2042 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 151 17 311.2 314.1 298.4 358.2 15.33 6 750 2596 16.2 13.2 82 3.0 14.1 221 12 314.1 316.6 297.4 353.7 12.79 7 700 3180 12.1 8.3 78 3.7 9.7 241 18 315.9 317.8 295.9 346.8 9.90 8 650 3796 7.1 5.5 89 1.6 6.1 264 20 317.0 318.7 295.4 344.5 8.74 9 600 4451 3.4 0.3 80 3.0 1.7 290 19 320.0 321.3 294.6 341.0 6.55 10 550 5152 -0.7 -5.0 73 4.3 -2.9 308 19 323.3 324.2 294.1 339.0 4.80 11 500 5906 -6.0 -8.0 86 2.0 -7.0 304 23 325.7 326.5 294.2 339.6 4.19 12 450 6725 -10.4 -12.1 87 1.7 -11.1 284 26 330.2 330.9 294.7 341.7 3.36 13 400 7622 -16.0 -20.4 69 4.4 -17.4 263 31 334.2 334.6 294.6 340.9 1.89 14 350 8613 -22.8 -29.4 55 6.6 -24.3 262 30 338.0 338.2 294.7 341.6 0.95 15 300 9726 -30.4 -41.3 34 10.8 -31.9 262 35 342.5 342.5 295.3 343.8 0.34 16 250 10994 -41.0 -48.8 43 7.8 -41.5 266 33 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.9 0.18 17 200 12472 -52.4 -66.3 17 13.9 -52.7 267 25 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14274 -65.6 -74.9 26 9.3 -65.7 299 31 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -70.0 -83.2 13 13.1 -70.1 308 9 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.10 m Freezing level: 558.59 mb = 5031.33 m = 16506.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.60 mb = 4701.60 m = 15425.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.24 C = 82.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.95 mb = 1672.33 m = 5486.58 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2702.14 m = 8865.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.34 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2024.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.28 mb = 2322.33 m = 7619.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.28 mb = 3068.12 m = 10065.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.28 mb = 14302.67 m = 46924.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2010.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 260.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.98 Bulk Rich Number: 15.20 Bulk Shear: 133.17 m/s