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: 40.59,-102.88 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 575 2 900 1058 SFC 877 1288 26.7 16.9 55 9.8 19.8 161 17 311.3 314.0 297.5 354.0 13.94 4 850 1562 23.4 16.0 63 7.4 18.2 165 24 310.7 313.2 297.1 352.1 13.56 5 800 2087 18.2 14.9 81 3.3 15.9 170 25 310.5 313.1 297.0 351.5 13.43 6 750 2637 13.7 13.6 99 0.2 13.6 190 26 311.5 314.0 297.0 351.7 13.14 7 700 3218 12.2 5.0 61 7.2 7.8 249 10 316.0 317.5 294.4 340.5 7.81 8 650 3835 8.5 -9.0 28 17.5 0.5 322 10 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.4 2.98 9 600 4489 2.7 -11.2 35 13.9 -3.2 316 12 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.2 2.70 10 550 5184 -3.7 -12.1 52 8.4 -7.1 294 14 319.7 320.2 291.4 328.8 2.74 11 500 5928 -10.2 -17.3 56 7.1 -12.6 291 16 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.3 1.97 12 450 6728 -16.6 -25.5 46 8.9 -18.8 268 16 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.0 1.06 13 400 7602 -22.9 -29.7 54 6.7 -24.3 269 22 325.2 325.3 291.2 328.1 0.82 14 350 8569 -28.5 -32.7 67 4.2 -29.2 279 40 330.3 330.4 292.5 332.8 0.70 15 300 9655 -36.5 -40.1 69 3.6 -36.9 276 48 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.39 16 250 10892 -46.3 -50.2 65 3.8 -46.6 277 63 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.15 17 200 12349 -50.2 -68.6 10 18.4 -50.7 290 57 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 18 150 14209 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 277 40 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16745 -63.9 -84.8 4 20.9 -64.0 255 9 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.89 m Freezing level: 578.84 mb = 4783.45 m = 15693.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.38 mb = 3918.73 m = 12856.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.02 mb = 2523.77 m = 8280.00 ft T: 14.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 23.53 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2590.38 m = 8498.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.61 C Cross Totals Index: 26.16 C K Index: 42.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 597.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2442.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.09 mb = 2511.79 m = 8240.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.09 mb = 3884.40 m = 12743.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.09 mb = 12476.56 m = 40933.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2412.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.09 mb = 16375.12 m = 53723.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.5 neg: -15.6 tot: 132.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 26.38 Bulk Shear: 92.59 m/s