MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-102.64 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 1 950 633 2 900 1096 SFC 886 1234 14.6 13.6 94 1.0 14.0 145 4 298.0 300.0 291.8 330.4 11.14 4 850 1583 17.1 14.0 82 3.1 15.1 175 28 304.1 306.3 294.2 339.7 11.94 5 800 2100 14.7 11.7 82 3.0 12.8 189 27 306.8 308.8 294.2 339.6 10.88 6 750 2643 12.0 9.0 82 3.0 10.1 191 21 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.0 9.65 7 700 3220 9.4 4.8 73 4.6 6.7 208 12 312.9 314.4 293.6 337.0 7.74 8 650 3831 5.8 0.5 68 5.4 2.9 214 9 315.6 316.8 293.0 334.9 6.10 9 600 4482 1.2 -3.2 73 4.3 -1.0 246 12 317.5 318.4 292.7 333.7 5.06 10 550 5175 -3.9 -6.6 82 2.6 -5.1 261 12 319.4 320.3 292.6 333.3 4.26 11 500 5920 -9.4 -14.3 68 4.9 -11.2 284 12 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.0 2.53 12 450 6723 -15.6 -20.0 69 4.4 -17.0 281 15 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.5 1.73 13 400 7603 -21.0 -30.7 41 9.7 -22.9 265 24 327.7 327.8 291.8 330.4 0.74 14 350 8575 -27.7 -37.7 38 10.0 -29.2 260 28 331.4 331.4 292.5 333.0 0.42 15 300 9664 -35.9 -43.9 44 8.0 -36.7 254 40 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.26 16 250 10907 -44.7 -52.5 41 7.9 -45.0 245 51 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.12 17 200 12369 -52.8 -66.9 16 14.2 -53.1 250 50 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14208 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 279 44 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16723 -66.0 -88.0 3 22.0 -66.2 294 11 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.98 m Freezing level: 588.62 mb = 4639.40 m = 15220.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.18 mb = 4305.01 m = 14123.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.32 mb = 1362.10 m = 4468.76 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.14 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.30 mb = 2877.19 m = 9439.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 35.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 362.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.38 mb = 2084.83 m = 6839.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.38 mb = 4801.69 m = 15753.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.38 mb = 10223.43 m = 33541.03 ft B at Equ Level: 358.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.38 mb = 12485.46 m = 40962.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.7 neg: -25.5 tot: 131.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.46 Bulk Shear: 34.71 m/s