MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 36.6,-100.0 Latitude: 36.60 Longitude: -100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 568 SFC 934 717 18.9 18.3 96 0.6 18.5 241 4 297.8 300.4 294.1 339.3 14.29 3 900 1038 20.9 16.9 78 4.0 18.1 244 10 303.0 305.5 295.1 343.2 13.58 4 850 1533 19.9 11.7 59 8.2 14.6 243 6 307.0 308.9 293.8 337.9 10.23 5 800 2053 16.5 9.6 64 6.9 12.1 255 3 308.7 310.5 293.7 337.3 9.41 6 750 2599 12.0 7.3 73 4.6 9.2 297 2 309.6 311.2 293.3 335.9 8.62 7 700 3172 7.3 4.8 84 2.5 5.8 6 4 310.6 312.0 292.9 334.4 7.72 8 650 3778 3.1 -0.2 79 3.3 1.4 351 4 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.7 5.81 9 600 4423 0.1 -9.8 47 10.0 -4.1 348 2 316.3 316.9 290.6 326.1 3.02 10 550 5115 -2.9 -27.7 13 24.8 -9.7 340 5 320.7 320.8 289.8 323.2 0.71 11 500 5864 -7.2 -34.3 9 27.2 -13.3 348 11 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.9 0.42 12 450 6677 -12.0 -38.5 9 26.5 -17.1 340 14 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.30 13 400 7567 -17.4 -43.9 8 26.5 -21.4 330 16 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.19 14 350 8553 -24.1 -47.2 10 23.1 -26.9 295 18 336.3 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.16 15 300 9659 -32.2 -41.0 41 8.8 -33.3 266 34 340.0 340.0 294.7 341.4 0.35 16 250 10916 -43.5 -52.7 36 9.1 -44.0 249 41 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.12 17 200 12375 -55.3 -66.4 24 11.2 -55.5 252 43 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14169 -63.6 -78.2 12 14.6 -63.7 319 7 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16661 -62.9 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 197 10 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.26 m Freezing level: 597.71 mb = 4454.80 m = 14615.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.59 mb = 3933.52 m = 12905.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.40 mb = 795.57 m = 2610.10 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.05 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.91 mb = 2510.02 m = 8234.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.33 mb = 1848.38 m = 6064.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.33 mb = 3121.05 m = 10239.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.33 mb = 7300.83 m = 23952.55 ft B at Equ Level: 152.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.33 mb = 11066.36 m = 36306.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.7 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 355.7 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -7.8 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.46 Bulk Shear: 11.37 m/s