MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-102.19 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -102.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 579 2 900 1062 SFC 893 1127 28.1 16.4 49 11.7 19.9 158 18 311.1 313.7 297.0 351.8 13.28 4 850 1565 23.4 14.8 58 8.6 17.5 162 27 310.6 313.0 296.4 349.0 12.54 5 800 2091 18.3 14.0 76 4.3 15.4 166 28 310.7 313.0 296.5 349.4 12.67 6 750 2640 13.4 12.1 92 1.3 12.6 181 28 311.1 313.4 296.1 347.6 11.91 7 700 3219 10.2 6.8 79 3.5 8.1 229 21 313.8 315.5 294.7 341.4 8.87 8 650 3834 8.4 -4.3 40 12.7 2.0 289 9 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.2 4.27 9 600 4489 3.1 -10.0 38 13.1 -2.7 304 14 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.5 2.98 10 550 5185 -3.1 -15.6 37 12.6 -7.8 312 14 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.3 2.06 11 500 5930 -9.7 -21.7 37 12.0 -13.3 300 13 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.8 1.34 12 450 6733 -15.6 -34.6 18 19.0 -19.3 285 18 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.45 13 400 7609 -21.9 -43.9 12 22.1 -24.7 274 27 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.19 14 350 8577 -29.5 -36.4 51 7.0 -30.4 272 40 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.48 15 300 9659 -37.7 -40.8 73 3.1 -37.9 269 47 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10890 -47.0 -50.5 67 3.6 -47.1 285 46 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12347 -50.9 -70.8 8 19.9 -51.3 284 47 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14208 -54.0 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 271 40 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16751 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 266 6 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.55 m Freezing level: 574.98 mb = 4837.27 m = 15870.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.90 mb = 4103.75 m = 13463.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.49 mb = 2600.56 m = 8531.91 ft T: 13.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 24.08 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.77 mb = 2721.38 m = 8928.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 44.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2125.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.64 mb = 2632.89 m = 8637.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.64 mb = 2917.24 m = 9570.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 675.64 mb = 3512.89 m = 11525.08 ft B at Equ Level: 3.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 655.64 mb = 3762.10 m = 12342.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.5 neg: -3.6 tot: 201.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 24.05 Bulk Shear: 88.38 m/s