MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 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 178 1 950 627 SFC 903 1073 23.5 16.3 64 7.1 18.5 127 7 305.4 307.8 295.4 344.4 13.04 3 900 1103 23.6 16.0 62 7.7 18.4 128 10 305.8 308.2 295.3 344.1 12.77 4 850 1601 20.8 14.2 66 6.6 16.3 147 19 307.9 310.2 295.4 344.3 12.04 5 800 2123 17.2 14.4 84 2.8 15.3 210 11 309.4 311.9 296.4 349.0 13.01 6 750 2672 13.3 12.9 97 0.4 13.0 256 13 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.4 12.55 7 700 3250 9.4 7.5 87 2.0 8.2 286 16 312.9 314.7 294.7 341.8 9.32 8 650 3860 5.1 -0.5 67 5.7 2.1 328 13 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.7 5.68 9 600 4512 2.8 -9.8 39 12.6 -2.8 7 12 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.3 3.02 10 550 5209 -2.1 -14.6 38 12.4 -7.0 17 12 321.6 322.0 291.5 329.1 2.25 11 500 5959 -7.4 -22.5 29 15.1 -12.0 338 10 324.1 324.3 291.3 328.5 1.26 12 450 6770 -12.3 -27.1 28 14.9 -16.2 301 14 327.8 328.0 292.0 331.1 0.92 13 400 7660 -18.4 -36.3 19 18.0 -21.7 275 23 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.43 14 350 8642 -23.6 -27.1 73 3.5 -24.4 295 20 337.0 337.2 294.6 341.3 1.18 15 300 9755 -31.1 -33.9 76 2.8 -31.5 311 27 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.4 0.73 16 250 11019 -41.7 -45.1 70 3.4 -41.9 304 32 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.27 17 200 12490 -53.0 -58.1 54 5.1 -53.1 297 44 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.2 0.08 18 150 14311 -61.3 -82.7 4 21.4 -61.5 268 17 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16749 -69.5 -83.6 11 14.2 -69.5 302 6 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.88 m Freezing level: 571.48 mb = 4909.56 m = 16107.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.24 mb = 4137.42 m = 13574.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.32 mb = 1980.88 m = 6498.89 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.14 mb = 2782.72 m = 9129.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 40.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 432.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.54 mb = 2343.39 m = 7688.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.54 mb = 3433.87 m = 11265.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.54 mb = 10626.79 m = 34864.37 ft B at Equ Level: 432.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.54 mb = 13725.18 m = 45029.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.1 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 343.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 203.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 4.70 Bulk Shear: 92.05 m/s