MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 35.2,-101.5 Latitude: 35.20 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 576 2 900 1047 SFC 899 1058 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 209 3 299.0 301.5 293.8 338.0 13.37 4 850 1543 22.1 11.5 51 10.6 15.1 226 12 309.3 311.2 294.3 339.9 10.06 5 800 2066 18.1 8.3 53 9.7 12.0 227 5 310.4 312.0 293.6 336.9 8.63 6 750 2615 13.9 4.7 54 9.2 8.5 295 3 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.8 7.16 7 700 3192 9.9 -0.7 48 10.5 4.2 334 7 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.8 5.21 8 650 3803 5.2 -5.0 48 10.1 0.3 343 8 314.8 315.6 291.1 327.8 4.07 9 600 4450 0.7 -10.1 44 10.8 -3.9 14 9 317.0 317.5 290.7 326.6 2.96 10 550 5145 -2.0 -21.9 20 19.9 -8.4 24 13 321.7 322.0 290.5 325.9 1.21 11 500 5897 -5.4 -29.5 13 24.1 -11.8 33 13 326.5 326.6 291.4 328.9 0.66 12 450 6716 -9.9 -36.9 9 27.0 -15.6 43 14 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.36 13 400 7611 -17.1 -39.8 12 22.7 -21.0 41 16 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.0 0.30 14 350 8595 -25.6 -44.5 15 18.9 -27.9 15 16 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.21 15 300 9690 -35.6 -48.7 25 13.1 -36.7 8 19 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.15 16 250 10932 -45.4 -56.0 29 10.6 -45.8 347 16 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.08 17 200 12382 -55.9 -65.6 29 9.7 -56.1 346 18 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 14184 -62.4 -75.1 17 12.7 -62.5 293 19 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16670 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -64.0 314 1 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.16 m Freezing level: 586.63 mb = 4636.10 m = 15210.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.95 mb = 3840.72 m = 12600.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.71 mb = 1087.98 m = 3569.44 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.00 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.75 mb = 3313.88 m = 10872.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 16.85 C K Index: 28.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 220.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.06 mb = 2557.64 m = 8391.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.06 mb = 4449.58 m = 14598.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 590.06 mb = 4583.70 m = 15038.20 ft B at Equ Level: 47.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 500.06 mb = 5896.06 m = 19343.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 42.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 32.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.10 Bulk Shear: 35.20 m/s