MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 12 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 121 1 950 565 2 900 1043 SFC 861 1433 23.9 15.0 58 8.9 17.8 340 3 310.0 312.4 296.3 348.2 12.54 4 850 1543 21.7 14.3 63 7.4 16.7 336 4 308.9 311.2 295.7 345.9 12.18 5 800 2067 18.8 7.3 47 11.5 11.7 21 7 311.2 312.7 293.3 336.0 8.04 6 750 2617 14.2 5.3 55 8.9 8.9 36 13 311.9 313.4 293.1 335.1 7.47 7 700 3194 9.6 -1.5 46 11.1 3.8 41 16 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.5 4.90 8 650 3804 5.6 -7.6 38 13.2 -0.4 21 15 315.3 316.0 290.6 326.1 3.33 9 600 4454 1.6 -8.1 48 9.8 -2.8 348 20 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.3 3.45 10 550 5148 -3.5 -11.5 54 7.9 -6.8 334 22 319.9 320.4 291.6 329.4 2.89 11 500 5895 -7.7 -24.3 25 16.6 -12.5 341 19 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.3 1.07 12 450 6706 -11.7 -36.5 11 24.9 -16.7 5 14 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.37 13 400 7598 -17.6 -38.1 15 20.5 -21.2 17 11 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.36 14 350 8580 -26.0 -42.9 19 16.9 -28.2 24 10 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.6 0.25 15 300 9675 -35.0 -50.4 19 15.5 -36.2 41 19 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.13 16 250 10918 -45.2 -57.5 24 12.3 -45.7 30 15 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12373 -55.0 -67.1 21 12.1 -55.2 25 20 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14171 -63.8 -74.3 22 10.5 -63.8 235 5 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -62.2 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 221 4 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.08 m Freezing level: 584.14 mb = 4673.89 m = 15334.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.32 mb = 3736.67 m = 12259.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.58 mb = 2553.58 m = 8377.79 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 22.14 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.43 mb = 3610.73 m = 11846.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 32.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.35 mb = 3154.08 m = 10347.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.35 mb = 4746.93 m = 15573.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.35 mb = 6564.81 m = 21537.82 ft B at Equ Level: 48.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.35 mb = 11800.35 m = 38714.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.8 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 30.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -19.9 tot: -16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.21 Bulk Shear: 15.17 m/s