MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508080000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508080000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 9 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 4 1 950 475 2 900 972 SFC 890 1073 38.0 6.9 15 31.0 18.0 206 16 321.6 323.0 295.3 344.3 7.03 4 850 1492 33.8 5.3 17 28.4 16.0 210 23 321.5 322.8 295.0 342.8 6.60 5 800 2034 28.5 4.1 21 24.4 13.6 213 23 321.5 322.8 294.9 342.3 6.44 6 750 2600 23.0 3.0 27 20.0 11.0 218 23 321.6 322.8 294.8 342.1 6.36 7 700 3194 17.2 2.0 36 15.2 8.3 226 23 321.5 322.8 294.8 342.0 6.35 8 650 3820 11.3 0.9 49 10.3 5.4 241 22 321.7 322.9 294.8 342.1 6.31 9 600 4482 6.0 -2.2 55 8.3 1.6 282 17 323.1 324.2 294.5 340.8 5.42 10 550 5188 0.3 -4.3 71 4.6 -2.1 304 14 324.4 325.4 294.6 341.1 5.05 11 500 5944 -5.8 -9.5 75 3.7 -7.4 313 14 326.0 326.8 294.0 338.5 3.73 12 450 6759 -11.8 -18.2 59 6.4 -14.0 314 15 328.4 328.8 293.2 335.4 2.03 13 400 7652 -17.0 -30.0 31 13.0 -20.0 314 18 332.9 333.1 293.3 335.9 0.79 14 350 8639 -24.6 -35.3 36 10.7 -26.4 304 21 335.6 335.8 293.7 337.7 0.54 15 300 9742 -33.3 -41.9 42 8.6 -34.3 284 21 338.4 338.4 294.2 339.6 0.32 16 250 10992 -44.5 -50.7 50 6.2 -44.9 287 18 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.15 17 200 12444 -56.0 -61.3 52 5.3 -56.1 296 25 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.3 0.05 18 150 14228 -66.2 -73.9 33 7.7 -66.3 296 25 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16646 -68.1 -84.1 8 16.0 -68.2 254 14 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5939.99 m Freezing level: 547.64 mb = 5223.33 m = 17136.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.13 mb = 4783.15 m = 15692.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.07 % Est. max temperature: 37.90 C = 100.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 568.70 mb = 4916.48 m = 16130.00 ft T: 2.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 2.23 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.96 mb = 5348.42 m = 17547.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.00 C = 105.80 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.54 C Cross Totals Index: 11.11 C K Index: 29.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 562.24 mb = 5009.14 m = 16433.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 497.24 mb = 5986.55 m = 19640.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.24 mb = 11906.21 m = 39061.88 ft B at Equ Level: 205.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.24 mb = 13553.31 m = 44465.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 7.24 Bulk Shear: 28.77 m/s