MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 36.5,-103.0 Latitude: 36.50 Longitude: -103.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 560 2 900 1035 SFC 860 1431 14.7 11.5 81 3.2 12.7 261 6 300.6 302.4 291.7 330.0 9.99 4 850 1530 19.9 12.5 62 7.4 15.1 243 19 307.0 309.0 294.2 339.6 10.79 5 800 2054 19.1 8.7 51 10.4 12.6 222 20 311.5 313.2 294.0 338.8 8.87 6 750 2605 16.1 3.5 43 12.6 8.8 239 11 314.1 315.4 293.0 334.8 6.59 7 700 3189 12.8 0.6 43 12.2 6.0 320 5 316.7 317.8 293.0 334.9 5.72 8 650 3804 7.6 -5.1 40 12.8 1.3 26 7 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.6 4.01 9 600 4458 2.5 -1.6 74 4.1 0.3 7 12 319.0 320.1 293.6 337.3 5.69 10 550 5156 -2.3 -6.6 72 4.3 -4.3 359 19 321.3 322.2 293.1 335.2 4.23 11 500 5905 -6.9 -20.7 32 13.8 -11.3 9 15 324.7 324.9 291.6 329.8 1.47 12 450 6720 -11.3 -33.5 14 22.3 -16.2 24 9 329.1 329.2 292.0 330.9 0.50 13 400 7611 -18.0 -37.6 16 19.6 -21.5 14 7 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.37 14 350 8592 -26.3 -40.5 25 14.2 -28.3 357 12 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.32 15 300 9684 -35.7 -44.2 41 8.6 -36.5 347 20 335.1 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.25 16 250 10926 -45.4 -54.1 37 8.7 -45.8 349 21 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.10 17 200 12376 -55.7 -67.3 22 11.5 -55.9 317 19 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 14166 -62.5 -74.9 18 12.3 -62.6 272 21 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16655 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.1 -64.3 288 7 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.09 m Freezing level: 574.06 mb = 4819.77 m = 15812.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.62 mb = 4502.97 m = 14773.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.46 mb = 1846.34 m = 6057.46 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 4.82 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.49 mb = 4065.97 m = 13339.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.78 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 27.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 447.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.31 mb = 3160.69 m = 10369.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 347.31 mb = 8646.33 m = 28366.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.31 mb = 10220.03 m = 33529.87 ft B at Equ Level: 46.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.31 mb = 11264.50 m = 36956.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.4 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 14.4 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -52.4 tot: -8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 79.60 m/s