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: 40.29,-102.48 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -102.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 585 2 900 1066 SFC 887 1195 26.1 16.7 56 9.4 19.5 159 17 309.7 312.2 296.8 351.1 13.60 4 850 1567 22.0 15.3 66 6.6 17.4 163 24 309.1 311.6 296.3 348.6 13.00 5 800 2090 16.9 14.5 86 2.4 15.3 165 26 309.2 311.6 296.4 348.9 13.08 6 750 2637 13.3 12.6 95 0.8 12.8 194 24 311.0 313.4 296.3 348.6 12.29 7 700 3219 12.9 1.2 45 11.7 6.3 284 8 316.8 318.0 293.3 335.9 5.99 8 650 3837 8.9 -8.6 28 17.5 0.8 326 12 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.1 3.07 9 600 4492 3.1 -13.4 28 16.5 -3.6 318 14 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.2 2.26 10 550 5188 -3.3 -16.9 34 13.6 -8.2 303 14 320.2 320.5 290.7 326.4 1.86 11 500 5931 -9.9 -22.0 36 12.1 -13.5 297 17 321.0 321.2 290.4 325.5 1.31 12 450 6733 -16.2 -27.5 37 11.3 -18.8 278 17 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.0 0.89 13 400 7607 -23.1 -33.8 37 10.6 -24.9 281 19 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.55 14 350 8571 -29.2 -34.4 61 5.2 -30.0 288 33 329.3 329.5 292.1 331.5 0.59 15 300 9658 -36.2 -39.5 72 3.2 -36.6 280 58 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.41 16 250 10895 -46.5 -50.7 62 4.3 -46.7 280 64 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.15 17 200 12356 -49.3 -70.2 7 20.9 -49.8 292 50 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14216 -55.2 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 274 43 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16747 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 251 7 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.25 m Freezing level: 575.83 mb = 4828.02 m = 15839.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.11 mb = 3949.34 m = 12957.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.25 mb = 2378.54 m = 7803.52 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.42 C/km ThetaE index: 23.38 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.49 mb = 2586.83 m = 8486.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1985.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.43 mb = 2398.54 m = 7869.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.43 mb = 4270.55 m = 14010.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.43 mb = 11839.24 m = 38842.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1985.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.43 mb = 15797.79 m = 51829.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.9 neg: -17.6 tot: 154.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 17.49 Bulk Shear: 113.48 m/s