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,-103.33 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 557 2 900 1045 SFC 870 1343 28.9 16.2 46 12.7 19.9 169 14 314.3 316.9 297.9 356.0 13.44 4 850 1554 26.8 15.3 49 11.5 18.8 171 20 314.3 316.8 297.6 354.6 13.01 5 800 2085 21.7 14.0 61 7.7 16.4 180 22 314.3 316.7 297.4 353.5 12.65 6 750 2641 16.4 12.7 79 3.7 13.9 195 23 314.4 316.8 297.3 353.0 12.42 7 700 3225 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 213 25 315.2 317.5 297.2 352.6 12.01 8 650 3841 7.1 5.6 91 1.4 6.2 238 17 317.0 318.7 295.4 344.8 8.85 9 600 4493 2.0 -5.5 57 7.5 -1.6 271 14 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.1 4.23 10 550 5188 -3.7 -14.1 44 10.4 -7.7 280 12 319.7 320.1 291.0 327.5 2.34 11 500 5931 -10.3 -18.2 52 7.9 -12.9 286 11 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.7 1.83 12 450 6732 -16.5 -24.7 49 8.2 -18.6 265 12 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.5 1.14 13 400 7606 -22.7 -25.8 76 3.1 -23.4 291 25 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.5 1.16 14 350 8576 -28.2 -31.0 77 2.8 -28.7 295 44 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.82 15 300 9665 -35.9 -39.1 72 3.2 -36.2 278 51 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.4 0.43 16 250 10904 -46.5 -50.1 67 3.6 -46.7 270 62 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 17 200 12359 -49.7 -71.6 6 21.9 -50.3 291 66 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14219 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 273 43 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16748 -64.4 -85.2 4 20.8 -64.6 236 6 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.88 m Freezing level: 582.45 mb = 4737.27 m = 15542.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.40 mb = 4353.39 m = 14282.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.40 mb = 2946.54 m = 9667.01 ft T: 13.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 29.52 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.40 mb = 3123.79 m = 10248.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -8.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -8.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 52.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 510.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2735.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.15 mb = 3031.78 m = 9946.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.15 mb = 3210.78 m = 10533.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.15 mb = 12321.91 m = 40425.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2734.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 136.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 62.10 Bulk Shear: 44.06 m/s