MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.09,-102.67 Latitude: 39.09 Longitude: -102.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 530 2 900 1016 SFC 862 1398 27.8 14.5 44 13.3 18.6 97 6 314.0 316.3 297.0 351.6 12.14 4 850 1523 26.2 13.3 45 12.9 17.4 95 6 313.6 315.7 296.4 348.8 11.38 5 800 2053 21.0 12.0 57 9.0 15.0 88 5 313.5 315.6 296.1 347.8 11.09 6 750 2607 15.6 10.7 73 4.9 12.4 61 3 313.5 315.6 296.0 347.2 10.87 7 700 3188 10.3 8.0 85 2.4 8.9 347 6 313.9 315.8 295.3 343.9 9.65 8 650 3801 7.0 -9.7 29 16.8 -0.4 346 18 316.9 317.5 290.6 326.1 2.81 9 600 4452 1.6 -10.4 40 12.0 -3.6 335 20 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.4 2.88 10 550 5145 -4.1 -16.9 36 12.7 -8.7 322 24 319.2 319.6 290.4 325.4 1.86 11 500 5887 -10.2 -19.0 49 8.8 -13.0 320 28 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.3 1.70 12 450 6688 -16.2 -25.8 44 9.6 -18.6 324 29 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.5 1.04 13 400 7566 -21.1 -36.7 23 15.7 -23.7 325 35 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.1 0.41 14 350 8536 -29.1 -46.1 18 17.1 -30.8 326 41 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.17 15 300 9620 -36.2 -54.9 13 18.7 -37.4 327 64 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 16 250 10867 -42.9 -61.2 12 18.3 -43.6 329 91 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 17 200 12340 -51.5 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 323 85 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14180 -56.5 -80.8 3 24.3 -56.8 314 47 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16701 -62.8 -87.0 2 24.1 -63.0 341 9 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.22 m Freezing level: 586.15 mb = 4643.56 m = 15234.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.11 mb = 3773.98 m = 12381.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.95 mb = 3069.00 m = 10068.78 ft T: 11.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 25.49 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3238.77 m = 10625.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 47.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1690.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.79 mb = 3166.29 m = 10387.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.79 mb = 3589.80 m = 11777.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.79 mb = 11807.63 m = 38738.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1684.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.79 mb = 15224.87 m = 49949.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 0.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 25.74 Bulk Shear: 65.65 m/s