MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.27,-102.66 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -102.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 582 2 900 1063 SFC 882 1239 26.2 16.8 56 9.4 19.6 161 17 310.3 312.9 297.1 352.4 13.79 4 850 1566 22.5 15.6 65 6.9 17.8 165 24 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.1 13.26 5 800 2090 17.5 14.8 84 2.7 15.6 168 26 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.3 13.31 6 750 2638 13.5 13.1 97 0.4 13.2 194 25 311.3 313.7 296.7 350.2 12.72 7 700 3219 12.7 1.9 48 10.8 6.6 269 9 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.6 6.30 8 650 3837 8.8 -9.7 26 18.5 0.4 323 12 319.0 319.5 291.2 328.2 2.81 9 600 4492 3.0 -13.4 29 16.4 -3.7 316 14 319.6 320.1 290.9 327.2 2.27 10 550 5188 -3.3 -17.2 33 13.9 -8.2 303 15 320.1 320.5 290.6 326.2 1.80 11 500 5932 -10.0 -20.7 41 10.7 -13.3 298 17 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.9 1.47 12 450 6733 -16.4 -26.4 42 10.0 -18.8 278 15 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.1 0.99 13 400 7607 -23.2 -33.5 38 10.4 -24.9 280 18 324.9 325.0 290.9 326.9 0.56 14 350 8571 -28.8 -32.6 70 3.7 -29.5 287 35 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.5 0.71 15 300 9659 -36.1 -39.3 72 3.2 -36.5 280 59 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.42 16 250 10896 -46.5 -50.7 62 4.2 -46.7 280 64 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.15 17 200 12357 -49.0 -71.3 6 22.3 -49.5 294 55 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14217 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 273 43 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16748 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 243 7 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.04 m Freezing level: 576.19 mb = 4823.54 m = 15825.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.76 mb = 3903.56 m = 12806.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.78 mb = 2428.08 m = 7966.04 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 24.42 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.69 mb = 2585.30 m = 8481.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -7.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2174.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.57 mb = 2441.51 m = 8010.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.57 mb = 4059.76 m = 13319.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.57 mb = 11957.68 m = 39230.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2170.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.57 mb = 16008.71 m = 52521.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.8 neg: -14.8 tot: 150.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 20.11 Bulk Shear: 108.10 m/s