MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 14 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 85 1 950 539 2 900 1017 SFC 894 1072 23.5 16.3 64 7.2 18.5 159 11 306.2 308.7 295.7 345.8 13.17 4 850 1519 24.6 13.6 50 11.0 17.2 183 30 311.9 314.1 296.1 347.7 11.63 5 800 2048 21.6 9.5 46 12.1 13.8 208 20 314.1 315.9 295.1 343.2 9.34 6 750 2604 17.3 7.7 53 9.6 11.3 250 15 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.1 8.84 7 700 3190 13.6 4.2 53 9.4 8.0 318 12 317.6 319.0 294.6 341.0 7.41 8 650 3809 9.1 0.7 56 8.4 4.4 24 8 319.3 320.5 294.1 339.2 6.21 9 600 4466 3.9 -4.4 55 8.3 -0.3 28 11 320.6 321.5 293.2 335.6 4.60 10 550 5166 -1.3 -11.0 48 9.7 -5.4 8 16 322.5 323.1 292.4 332.6 3.01 11 500 5918 -5.7 -20.6 30 14.9 -10.6 345 11 326.0 326.3 292.0 331.2 1.48 12 450 6736 -10.6 -34.5 12 23.9 -15.9 321 8 330.0 330.0 292.2 331.7 0.46 13 400 7629 -17.7 -38.2 15 20.5 -21.4 343 9 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.35 14 350 8613 -25.2 -49.4 9 24.2 -27.8 353 10 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.12 15 300 9711 -34.2 -53.5 12 19.3 -35.6 349 12 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.09 16 250 10959 -44.6 -58.1 21 13.5 -45.1 348 16 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.06 17 200 12411 -56.6 -64.7 35 8.1 -56.7 308 21 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14192 -64.7 -73.4 29 8.7 -64.8 296 30 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16670 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 315 6 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.18 m Freezing level: 562.53 mb = 4990.29 m = 16372.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.91 mb = 4425.88 m = 14520.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.21 mb = 1991.64 m = 6534.17 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.47 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.71 mb = 3812.49 m = 12508.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.09 C = 96.96 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.17 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.35 C Cross Totals Index: 19.37 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 773.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 279.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.15 mb = 2913.21 m = 9557.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.15 mb = 4764.09 m = 15630.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.15 mb = 12789.27 m = 41959.04 ft B at Equ Level: 765.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.15 mb = 15153.75 m = 49716.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.1 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 342.1 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 255.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 5.52 Bulk Shear: 140.05 m/s