MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.34,-102.21 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -102.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 548 2 900 1033 SFC 880 1233 30.8 14.7 38 16.1 19.6 162 17 315.3 317.6 297.2 352.7 12.02 4 850 1541 25.7 13.4 47 12.2 17.4 163 20 313.0 315.2 296.3 348.4 11.45 5 800 2070 20.4 12.3 60 8.1 15.0 165 21 312.9 315.0 296.1 347.7 11.28 6 750 2623 17.4 2.8 38 14.6 8.9 200 12 315.5 316.7 293.1 335.2 6.25 7 700 3208 13.6 -2.2 33 15.8 5.2 249 7 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.5 4.64 8 650 3826 8.6 -7.8 30 16.5 0.9 274 12 318.7 319.4 291.5 329.4 3.26 9 600 4480 2.6 -9.6 40 12.2 -2.8 287 14 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.07 10 550 5175 -3.8 -14.6 43 10.8 -7.9 302 17 319.6 320.0 290.9 327.1 2.24 11 500 5918 -9.9 -18.9 48 9.0 -12.8 305 23 320.9 321.3 290.8 326.8 1.72 12 450 6720 -16.4 -25.4 46 9.0 -18.6 294 28 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.4 1.08 13 400 7595 -22.0 -43.8 12 21.8 -24.8 295 35 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.20 14 350 8564 -28.6 -45.4 18 16.8 -30.3 300 47 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.19 15 300 9649 -36.5 -41.6 59 5.1 -37.1 293 59 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.33 16 250 10890 -44.7 -50.2 55 5.4 -45.0 288 70 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.16 17 200 12364 -49.0 -75.6 3 26.6 -49.6 286 55 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14215 -57.6 -81.1 4 23.5 -57.9 289 56 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16717 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 294 12 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.40 m Freezing level: 579.63 mb = 4763.13 m = 15626.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.83 mb = 3980.48 m = 13059.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.12 mb = 3254.37 m = 10676.92 ft T: 13.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 26.36 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.47 mb = 3756.14 m = 12323.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.01 C = 93.22 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 525.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1722.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.64 mb = 3164.12 m = 10380.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.64 mb = 4230.11 m = 13878.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.64 mb = 11775.63 m = 38633.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1708.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.64 mb = 15163.19 m = 49747.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.0 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 304.0 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 13.87 Bulk Shear: 124.17 m/s