MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.73,-104.06 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -104.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 574 2 900 1059 SFC 853 1534 27.1 15.8 50 11.3 19.2 164 11 314.2 316.8 297.8 355.7 13.38 4 850 1566 26.1 15.2 51 10.9 18.5 165 12 313.5 315.9 297.4 353.3 12.89 5 800 2096 20.8 14.1 65 6.7 16.2 168 14 313.3 315.8 297.2 352.7 12.74 6 750 2651 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 13.8 172 14 313.3 315.8 297.2 352.7 12.74 7 700 3232 11.9 7.8 76 4.1 9.3 236 10 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.5 9.53 8 650 3849 8.4 -3.5 43 11.9 2.2 297 7 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.1 4.54 9 600 4504 3.7 -14.3 25 18.0 -3.5 292 10 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.5 2.11 10 550 5203 -2.1 -6.2 73 4.1 -4.1 290 15 321.6 322.4 293.3 335.9 4.37 11 500 5955 -6.2 -7.0 94 0.8 -6.5 300 22 325.5 326.4 294.4 340.5 4.54 12 450 6772 -11.2 -20.9 45 9.7 -14.3 295 26 329.2 329.5 293.0 334.8 1.61 13 400 7664 -18.0 -33.6 24 15.7 -21.1 286 26 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.7 0.56 14 350 8649 -23.8 -52.9 5 29.1 -26.8 308 43 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 15 300 9756 -32.4 -59.4 5 27.0 -34.1 298 44 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 16 250 11015 -42.3 -61.1 11 18.8 -43.0 292 45 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 17 200 12485 -51.0 -73.5 5 22.5 -51.5 285 33 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14306 -62.6 -80.5 7 17.9 -62.7 301 43 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16750 -69.1 -84.3 9 15.3 -69.2 217 5 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.67 m Freezing level: 567.99 mb = 4951.67 m = 16245.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.44 mb = 4099.32 m = 13449.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.48 mb = 2954.15 m = 9691.98 ft T: 13.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.10 mb = 3183.17 m = 10443.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 43.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1423.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.62 mb = 2940.87 m = 9648.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.62 mb = 3726.93 m = 12227.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.62 mb = 12822.53 m = 42068.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1409.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.62 mb = 16196.42 m = 53137.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.6 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 307.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.9 neg: -6.1 tot: 51.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 19.63 Bulk Shear: 72.50 m/s