MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 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 130 1 950 576 2 900 1048 SFC 897 1072 19.7 18.8 94 0.9 19.1 162 9 302.1 304.9 296.1 347.6 15.41 4 850 1544 22.3 17.7 76 4.5 19.1 193 35 309.5 312.3 297.8 355.7 15.20 5 800 2071 20.1 13.9 67 6.2 15.9 202 30 312.6 315.0 297.0 351.5 12.62 6 750 2626 17.0 11.1 68 5.9 13.1 218 24 315.1 317.2 296.6 349.8 11.15 7 700 3213 14.1 7.4 64 6.7 9.9 269 15 318.1 319.9 296.1 347.4 9.27 8 650 3833 8.8 2.9 66 5.9 5.4 291 13 318.9 320.3 294.8 342.1 7.26 9 600 4489 3.5 -3.7 59 7.2 -0.2 306 13 320.2 321.1 293.3 335.9 4.84 10 550 5189 -2.1 -10.3 53 8.3 -5.6 331 10 321.6 322.3 292.3 332.1 3.17 11 500 5938 -6.9 -20.9 32 14.0 -11.4 343 12 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.7 1.45 12 450 6753 -11.2 -32.4 16 21.2 -16.0 340 23 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.3 0.56 13 400 7646 -16.9 -46.8 6 29.9 -21.2 333 33 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.14 14 350 8632 -24.6 -49.2 8 24.6 -27.3 325 37 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 15 300 9732 -33.8 -46.5 27 12.7 -35.0 323 28 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.20 16 250 10987 -42.7 -52.6 33 10.0 -43.2 307 18 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.1 0.12 17 200 12452 -54.2 -65.6 24 11.3 -54.5 291 22 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14246 -65.4 -76.0 22 10.6 -65.5 291 31 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16672 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 225 11 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.30 m Freezing level: 568.50 mb = 4929.95 m = 16174.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.42 mb = 4470.13 m = 14665.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.65 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.74 mb = 1186.17 m = 3891.60 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 25.97 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.54 mb = 3230.45 m = 10598.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 40.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1702.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.08 mb = 2113.66 m = 6934.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.08 mb = 3946.38 m = 12947.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.08 mb = 13425.98 m = 44047.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1699.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.7 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 298.7 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 266.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 17.51 Bulk Shear: 97.21 m/s