MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507230600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507230600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 25 JUL 25 Station: 35.22,-101.71722 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -101.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 528 2 900 1017 SFC 894 1073 31.7 19.0 47 12.7 22.4 342 9 314.7 317.7 299.3 363.2 15.62 4 850 1526 26.5 17.6 58 8.9 20.1 344 10 313.9 316.8 298.8 360.5 15.08 5 800 2058 21.3 16.5 74 4.7 17.9 348 9 313.8 316.7 298.7 360.1 14.96 6 750 2614 16.3 14.1 86 2.3 14.8 356 3 314.3 316.9 298.0 356.5 13.61 7 700 3198 11.9 8.3 78 3.6 9.6 202 8 315.7 317.6 295.8 346.5 9.86 8 650 3814 7.6 -0.3 57 7.9 3.3 206 15 317.6 318.7 293.3 336.1 5.78 9 600 4469 4.1 -7.4 43 11.5 -1.3 221 15 320.9 321.6 292.5 332.9 3.65 10 550 5172 0.5 -10.2 44 10.7 -4.3 230 18 324.7 325.3 293.2 335.4 3.20 11 500 5931 -4.0 -19.9 28 15.9 -9.5 226 15 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.8 1.58 12 450 6752 -9.1 -39.4 7 30.3 -15.3 229 14 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.8 0.28 13 400 7651 -16.0 -26.8 39 10.7 -18.8 228 19 334.1 334.4 293.9 338.0 1.07 14 350 8639 -24.1 -35.1 35 11.1 -26.0 235 27 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.4 0.55 15 300 9744 -32.7 -41.7 41 8.9 -33.8 238 25 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.5 0.33 16 250 10998 -43.4 -54.9 27 11.6 -43.9 219 32 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.09 17 200 12471 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.2 219 32 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.00 18 150 14293 -61.9 -76.4 13 14.5 -62.1 199 29 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16764 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 188 10 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.10 m Freezing level: 544.15 mb = 5260.88 m = 17259.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.34 mb = 4275.59 m = 14027.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.32 mb = 2678.19 m = 8786.62 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 30.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.53 mb = 2721.40 m = 8928.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 44.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2626.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.37 mb = 2654.91 m = 8710.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.37 mb = 2826.80 m = 9274.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.37 mb = 14236.05 m = 46705.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2595.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.6 neg: -3.0 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 61.64 Bulk Shear: 42.60 m/s