MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507301200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507301200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 31 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 143 1 950 591 2 900 1063 SFC 899 1073 20.9 20.2 96 0.7 20.4 17 9 303.2 306.3 297.3 353.1 16.82 4 850 1556 18.0 16.8 92 1.2 17.2 15 18 305.0 307.7 296.1 347.8 14.31 5 800 2076 16.4 14.1 86 2.3 14.8 6 10 308.6 311.0 296.0 347.2 12.73 6 750 2624 13.4 11.3 87 2.1 12.0 293 3 311.2 313.3 295.7 345.8 11.31 7 700 3202 9.4 8.2 92 1.2 8.6 223 9 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.2 9.78 8 650 3814 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 227 12 315.5 317.2 295.0 342.8 8.74 9 600 4467 2.9 2.7 99 0.2 2.8 241 11 319.4 321.0 295.3 344.2 7.78 10 550 5168 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 255 14 322.9 324.2 295.1 343.5 6.35 11 500 5924 -5.3 -5.5 98 0.2 -5.4 258 16 326.6 327.6 295.1 343.4 5.08 12 450 6743 -10.3 -12.1 87 1.8 -11.1 260 14 330.3 331.0 294.7 341.8 3.36 13 400 7641 -15.4 -22.6 54 7.2 -17.6 252 16 335.0 335.3 294.4 340.6 1.56 14 350 8637 -22.1 -30.7 45 8.7 -23.9 256 19 339.0 339.2 294.8 342.2 0.84 15 300 9753 -30.3 -46.7 19 16.4 -32.0 245 16 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.19 16 250 11018 -42.0 -52.5 31 10.6 -42.6 246 13 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.2 0.12 17 200 12488 -52.7 -73.0 7 20.3 -53.0 244 13 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14290 -64.1 -80.5 9 16.5 -64.2 301 23 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16718 -69.2 -84.9 9 15.6 -69.3 234 7 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.69 m Freezing level: 562.84 mb = 4987.80 m = 16363.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 564.67 mb = 4955.68 m = 16258.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.06 mb = 1159.05 m = 3802.61 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.23 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.21 mb = 2169.53 m = 7117.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 602.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.30 mb = 1746.97 m = 5731.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.30 mb = 2892.80 m = 9490.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.30 mb = 12283.46 m = 40299.58 ft B at Equ Level: 599.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.30 mb = 14863.74 m = 48764.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -20.7 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 10.15 Bulk Shear: 59.30 m/s