MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 35.2,-106.6 Latitude: 35.20 Longitude: -106.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 524 2 900 1009 3 850 1515 SFC 826 1767 25.4 12.7 45 12.7 16.8 293 8 315.3 317.5 296.7 350.4 11.25 5 800 2046 21.7 11.8 53 9.9 15.1 292 9 314.2 316.3 296.2 348.1 10.91 6 750 2601 16.8 10.4 66 6.4 12.6 280 5 314.8 316.9 296.2 348.0 10.65 7 700 3184 11.1 9.0 86 2.2 9.7 244 4 314.8 316.8 296.0 347.0 10.34 8 650 3799 6.6 5.5 93 1.1 6.0 195 11 316.5 318.2 295.3 344.1 8.78 9 600 4453 3.1 1.2 87 1.9 2.0 196 18 319.7 321.0 294.8 341.9 6.96 10 550 5154 -0.7 -3.1 84 2.3 -2.0 207 20 323.2 324.3 294.6 341.3 5.55 11 500 5911 -4.6 -5.8 91 1.2 -5.2 216 21 327.5 328.5 295.3 344.0 4.97 12 450 6733 -9.3 -11.2 86 1.9 -10.1 215 20 331.5 332.3 295.3 343.9 3.61 13 400 7633 -15.5 -17.8 83 2.3 -16.3 215 23 334.8 335.3 295.1 343.1 2.36 14 350 8628 -22.0 -34.1 33 12.1 -24.4 216 31 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.61 15 300 9741 -30.8 -44.0 26 13.1 -32.4 219 37 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.26 16 250 11006 -41.8 -55.4 22 13.6 -42.6 225 40 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.08 17 200 12476 -53.3 -71.2 10 17.9 -53.6 229 28 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14275 -65.1 -77.8 16 12.6 -65.2 243 16 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16716 -68.1 -84.8 8 16.6 -68.2 164 6 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.65 m Freezing level: 559.71 mb = 5017.80 m = 16462.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.75 mb = 4799.37 m = 15745.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.41 mb = 3359.10 m = 11020.53 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.07 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.15 mb = 3459.67 m = 11350.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 410.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.64 mb = 3356.35 m = 11011.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.64 mb = 3664.41 m = 12022.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.64 mb = 12454.96 m = 40862.25 ft B at Equ Level: 403.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.64 mb = 14662.80 m = 48105.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 12.54 Bulk Shear: 32.70 m/s