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: 39.17,-102.67 Latitude: 39.17 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 863 1394 28.0 13.9 42 14.0 18.4 96 6 314.1 316.4 296.7 350.4 11.68 4 850 1523 26.3 12.7 43 13.6 17.1 93 6 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.5 10.90 5 800 2053 21.1 11.4 54 9.7 14.7 86 5 313.6 315.7 295.8 346.6 10.63 6 750 2607 15.7 10.1 69 5.6 12.1 60 3 313.6 315.6 295.7 345.9 10.42 7 700 3188 10.3 7.7 83 2.7 8.7 347 6 313.9 315.7 295.1 343.3 9.44 8 650 3801 7.1 -11.9 24 19.0 -1.0 346 17 317.0 317.4 290.2 324.8 2.35 9 600 4451 1.6 -10.5 40 12.1 -3.6 334 20 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.3 2.86 10 550 5144 -4.2 -16.7 37 12.5 -8.7 321 23 319.1 319.5 290.4 325.5 1.88 11 500 5887 -10.3 -19.1 49 8.7 -13.1 319 27 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.69 12 450 6688 -16.3 -25.7 44 9.4 -18.6 323 28 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.05 13 400 7565 -21.1 -37.5 22 16.4 -23.8 325 35 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.38 14 350 8534 -29.1 -45.6 19 16.5 -30.9 326 41 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.18 15 300 9618 -36.4 -54.8 13 18.5 -37.5 327 63 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 16 250 10865 -43.0 -61.7 11 18.7 -43.7 329 91 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 17 200 12337 -51.5 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 323 85 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14178 -56.4 -81.6 3 25.3 -56.7 314 47 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16701 -62.8 -86.4 3 23.7 -63.0 344 10 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.88 m Freezing level: 586.30 mb = 4641.22 m = 15226.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.06 mb = 3736.49 m = 12258.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.82 mb = 3154.09 m = 10347.95 ft T: 10.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 25.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.86 mb = 3417.15 m = 11210.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 46.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1528.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.13 mb = 3257.59 m = 10687.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.13 mb = 3937.84 m = 12919.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.13 mb = 11734.77 m = 38499.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1516.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.13 mb = 15110.49 m = 49574.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.0 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 0.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 25.13 Bulk Shear: 60.84 m/s