MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.82,-102.24 Latitude: 40.82 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 525 2 900 1006 SFC 887 1136 26.4 19.9 67 6.5 21.6 121 13 310.0 313.2 298.9 360.9 16.69 4 850 1508 22.2 16.9 72 5.3 18.4 126 17 309.4 312.1 297.3 353.0 14.36 5 800 2036 21.1 15.0 68 6.1 16.8 177 9 313.6 316.2 297.8 355.3 13.50 6 750 2592 16.5 12.7 79 3.7 14.0 194 12 314.5 316.8 297.3 353.0 12.44 7 700 3175 11.9 7.6 75 4.3 9.2 243 11 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.2 9.43 8 650 3792 8.0 -5.8 37 13.8 1.3 287 15 318.0 318.7 291.8 330.3 3.80 9 600 4446 3.8 -24.2 11 28.0 -5.2 318 19 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.6 0.90 10 550 5144 -2.3 -16.5 33 14.2 -7.5 313 25 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.92 11 500 5891 -8.5 -24.8 25 16.4 -13.0 310 33 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.3 1.02 12 450 6697 -14.9 -33.4 19 18.5 -18.6 312 39 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.51 13 400 7575 -22.2 -40.8 17 18.7 -24.8 309 42 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.27 14 350 8542 -29.6 -43.6 25 14.0 -31.2 305 45 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.23 15 300 9624 -36.8 -52.2 19 15.5 -37.8 307 47 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 16 250 10863 -45.2 -62.4 13 17.2 -45.7 304 54 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.03 17 200 12327 -52.3 -68.0 13 15.7 -52.7 301 57 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14169 -57.4 -80.0 4 22.6 -57.6 294 27 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16693 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.7 217 9 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.67 m Freezing level: 568.92 mb = 4880.03 m = 16010.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.30 mb = 3914.82 m = 12843.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.34 mb = 1967.10 m = 6453.65 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 31.69 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.03 mb = 2842.99 m = 9327.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 43.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2848.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.87 mb = 2388.82 m = 7837.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.87 mb = 3260.29 m = 10696.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.87 mb = 12900.28 m = 42323.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2833.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 198.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.81 Bulk Rich Number: 15.62 Bulk Shear: 182.35 m/s