MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.8,-100.75 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 557 SFC 917 867 23.3 21.0 87 2.3 21.6 187 8 303.9 307.1 297.8 355.3 17.28 3 900 1031 21.3 20.1 93 1.1 20.5 186 9 303.4 306.5 297.3 353.0 16.71 4 850 1525 17.9 17.6 98 0.3 17.7 184 12 304.9 307.6 296.6 349.8 15.06 5 800 2043 15.5 15.4 99 0.1 15.4 250 11 307.7 310.3 296.5 349.6 13.87 6 750 2590 13.2 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 256 5 310.9 313.2 296.5 349.6 12.66 7 700 3169 10.4 9.2 92 1.2 9.6 262 12 314.0 316.0 295.9 346.6 10.51 8 650 3785 7.3 4.0 80 3.3 5.4 287 19 317.2 318.8 294.8 342.2 7.90 9 600 4439 2.9 -2.7 67 5.6 0.0 291 22 319.5 320.5 293.4 336.4 5.24 10 550 5137 -1.8 -10.6 51 8.8 -5.5 287 28 321.9 322.6 292.3 332.3 3.11 11 500 5890 -6.0 -16.1 44 10.2 -9.8 286 32 325.7 326.2 292.6 333.2 2.17 12 450 6706 -11.2 -18.5 55 7.3 -13.7 283 32 329.1 329.5 293.3 336.0 1.98 13 400 7599 -17.2 -28.8 36 11.6 -20.0 273 34 332.7 332.8 293.3 335.9 0.88 14 350 8586 -23.9 -33.0 43 9.1 -25.6 267 33 336.6 336.7 294.1 339.1 0.68 15 300 9695 -31.1 -48.4 17 17.3 -32.8 264 42 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.16 16 250 10964 -40.8 -55.8 18 15.0 -41.6 265 45 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.08 17 200 12439 -53.3 -61.8 35 8.5 -53.5 267 47 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 14244 -64.2 -81.3 8 17.1 -64.3 276 45 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16671 -71.5 -83.3 16 11.8 -71.6 258 20 389.6 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.26 m Freezing level: 569.02 mb = 4871.69 m = 15983.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.82 mb = 4441.11 m = 14570.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.95 mb = 1157.02 m = 3795.96 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 17.30 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1455.39 m = 4774.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.05 C = 75.29 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 40.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1154.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.61 mb = 1447.56 m = 4749.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.61 mb = 1498.08 m = 4914.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.61 mb = 13009.70 m = 42682.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1144.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.61 mb = 15959.54 m = 52360.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.7 neg: -15.9 tot: 68.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 17.64 Bulk Shear: 65.48 m/s