MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.74,-103.19 Latitude: 39.74 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 575 2 900 1042 SFC 856 1468 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 210 4 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.7 11.18 4 850 1531 15.2 13.6 90 1.6 14.1 228 13 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.3 11.58 5 800 2047 15.9 10.9 72 5.1 12.7 227 25 308.1 310.1 294.1 339.3 10.28 6 750 2596 14.5 6.0 57 8.4 9.4 295 9 312.3 313.8 293.5 336.7 7.86 7 700 3175 11.3 -0.3 44 11.7 5.0 319 10 315.0 316.1 292.3 332.0 5.34 8 650 3790 7.0 -5.4 41 12.4 1.0 312 15 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.6 3.94 9 600 4441 1.6 -7.0 53 8.5 -2.4 304 23 317.9 318.7 291.7 330.2 3.78 10 550 5134 -4.5 -13.9 48 9.4 -8.1 310 27 318.7 319.2 290.7 326.6 2.37 11 500 5875 -10.8 -18.3 54 7.5 -13.2 307 31 319.9 320.2 290.6 326.0 1.80 12 450 6675 -16.8 -27.4 40 10.6 -19.3 296 28 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.3 0.90 13 400 7547 -22.9 -40.0 20 17.0 -25.4 293 28 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.30 14 350 8511 -30.0 -44.4 23 14.4 -31.5 294 28 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.21 15 300 9591 -37.9 -50.3 26 12.4 -38.7 292 36 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 16 250 10821 -46.6 -56.3 32 9.7 -46.9 296 42 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 17 200 12292 -48.4 -72.9 4 24.5 -49.0 291 46 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.1 0.01 18 150 14168 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 275 39 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16705 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 304 4 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.59 m Freezing level: 587.08 mb = 4619.76 m = 15156.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3970.91 m = 13027.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.52 mb = 1546.02 m = 5072.19 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.28 mb = 3672.09 m = 12047.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 27.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 702.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.50 mb = 2578.59 m = 8459.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.50 mb = 4898.24 m = 16070.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.50 mb = 10913.78 m = 35805.93 ft B at Equ Level: 692.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.50 mb = 12747.72 m = 41822.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.4 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 326.4 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.2 neg: -23.9 tot: 111.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 10.74 Bulk Shear: 65.45 m/s