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: 40.8,-102.93 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 564 2 900 1050 SFC 882 1230 28.9 16.5 47 12.4 20.1 162 17 313.1 315.7 297.7 354.8 13.51 4 850 1557 25.3 15.3 54 10.0 18.4 165 24 312.7 315.1 297.2 352.7 12.99 5 800 2086 20.2 14.4 69 5.8 16.3 168 26 312.7 315.2 297.3 352.8 13.03 6 750 2639 15.0 13.3 89 1.7 13.9 176 26 312.9 315.4 297.3 352.8 12.93 7 700 3220 10.9 9.3 90 1.6 9.9 214 26 314.6 316.6 296.0 347.4 10.55 8 650 3835 7.6 -2.6 49 10.2 2.3 250 12 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.2 4.88 9 600 4489 2.7 -8.3 44 11.0 -2.3 279 13 319.2 319.9 291.8 330.4 3.41 10 550 5185 -3.3 -13.7 44 10.4 -7.4 285 14 320.2 320.6 291.2 328.2 2.41 11 500 5928 -10.3 -17.2 57 6.9 -12.6 292 14 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.2 1.99 12 450 6728 -17.2 -24.7 52 7.5 -19.0 284 19 321.6 321.9 290.5 325.6 1.15 13 400 7599 -23.5 -27.2 72 3.6 -24.3 270 23 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.0 1.03 14 350 8563 -29.6 -32.6 76 2.9 -30.1 266 36 328.8 329.0 292.1 331.4 0.71 15 300 9646 -37.6 -40.8 71 3.3 -37.9 267 40 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 16 250 10879 -45.8 -49.6 66 3.8 -46.0 291 44 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12339 -50.7 -64.6 18 13.8 -51.1 287 42 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.6 0.03 18 150 14205 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 274 36 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16750 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 287 5 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.95 m Freezing level: 577.53 mb = 4801.69 m = 15753.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.10 mb = 4154.27 m = 13629.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.49 mb = 2791.95 m = 9159.83 ft T: 13.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 27.18 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.71 mb = 2927.90 m = 9605.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -8.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -8.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 49.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 490.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2726.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.79 mb = 2811.44 m = 9223.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.79 mb = 3103.24 m = 10181.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.79 mb = 12345.89 m = 40504.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2722.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.7 neg: -8.4 tot: 165.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 38.55 Bulk Shear: 70.72 m/s