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: 40.5,-102.93 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 574 2 900 1057 SFC 875 1308 26.9 16.9 54 10.0 19.8 162 17 311.7 314.4 297.6 354.6 13.98 4 850 1561 23.7 15.9 62 7.8 18.3 165 24 311.0 313.6 297.1 352.4 13.51 5 800 2088 18.6 14.8 78 3.8 16.0 170 25 310.9 313.5 297.0 351.7 13.31 6 750 2638 13.9 13.7 99 0.2 13.8 190 26 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.4 13.26 7 700 3219 11.9 6.3 69 5.6 8.5 239 13 315.7 317.3 295.0 342.6 8.60 8 650 3836 8.5 -8.8 28 17.3 0.5 309 10 318.6 319.1 291.3 328.5 3.02 9 600 4490 2.8 -12.1 32 15.0 -3.4 309 12 319.4 319.9 291.1 327.7 2.51 10 550 5185 -3.6 -13.1 48 9.5 -7.4 294 14 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.53 11 500 5929 -10.2 -18.0 52 7.9 -12.8 293 16 320.7 321.0 290.8 326.9 1.85 12 450 6730 -16.6 -26.0 44 9.4 -18.8 268 15 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.0 1.02 13 400 7603 -22.9 -29.7 53 6.9 -24.2 273 21 325.3 325.4 291.2 328.2 0.81 14 350 8570 -28.6 -32.4 70 3.8 -29.3 283 37 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.8 0.72 15 300 9657 -36.3 -39.7 71 3.4 -36.7 278 51 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.40 16 250 10894 -46.4 -50.2 65 3.8 -46.6 277 63 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.15 17 200 12351 -50.1 -68.7 9 18.7 -50.5 291 59 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.02 18 150 14211 -55.1 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.5 275 41 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16746 -64.1 -85.0 4 20.9 -64.3 249 8 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.90 m Freezing level: 578.06 mb = 4795.14 m = 15731.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.13 mb = 3922.70 m = 12869.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.33 mb = 2566.13 m = 8418.97 ft T: 14.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 24.63 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.20 mb = 2635.63 m = 8646.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -8.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -8.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.88 C Cross Totals Index: 26.08 C K Index: 44.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 598.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2461.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.46 mb = 2564.73 m = 8414.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.46 mb = 3944.02 m = 12939.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.46 mb = 12303.96 m = 40366.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2449.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.46 mb = 16067.64 m = 52714.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.2 neg: -6.7 tot: 141.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 27.49 Bulk Shear: 89.52 m/s