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: 40.25,-103.72 Latitude: 40.25 Longitude: -103.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 556 2 900 1045 SFC 871 1337 30.6 13.1 34 17.5 18.7 187 16 316.0 318.1 296.7 350.3 10.96 4 850 1555 28.0 11.9 37 16.1 17.2 190 22 315.4 317.4 296.1 347.7 10.35 5 800 2088 22.7 10.7 47 12.0 14.8 193 24 315.4 317.3 296.0 347.1 10.18 6 750 2645 17.3 9.6 61 7.7 12.3 197 25 315.3 317.3 295.9 346.8 10.07 7 700 3229 11.7 8.6 81 3.1 9.7 201 25 315.4 317.4 296.0 346.9 10.07 8 650 3844 6.5 4.6 87 1.9 5.4 220 17 316.4 318.0 294.8 342.3 8.23 9 600 4496 1.8 -3.6 67 5.4 -0.9 261 10 318.2 319.2 292.8 334.0 4.88 10 550 5191 -3.7 -11.6 54 7.9 -7.0 278 12 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.86 11 500 5935 -9.9 -16.2 60 6.4 -12.1 294 14 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.3 2.15 12 450 6737 -16.5 -19.9 75 3.4 -17.5 299 17 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.5 1.75 13 400 7611 -22.4 -23.7 89 1.4 -22.7 298 23 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.8 1.41 14 350 8579 -28.7 -33.5 64 4.7 -29.5 290 33 330.0 330.2 292.4 332.4 0.65 15 300 9666 -36.5 -41.9 58 5.3 -37.1 274 52 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.32 16 250 10902 -46.3 -55.0 37 8.7 -46.7 275 55 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12369 -49.8 -74.2 4 24.4 -50.3 288 56 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14226 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 280 42 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16759 -63.6 -86.8 3 23.2 -63.8 324 5 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.93 m Freezing level: 583.44 mb = 4726.42 m = 15506.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.25 mb = 4398.42 m = 14430.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.36 mb = 3526.44 m = 11569.56 ft T: 9.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 3.49 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.43 mb = 3649.37 m = 11972.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 46.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1798.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.26 mb = 3576.96 m = 11735.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.26 mb = 3764.50 m = 12350.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.26 mb = 11854.73 m = 38892.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1788.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.26 mb = 15302.26 m = 50203.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 59.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 57.70 Bulk Shear: 31.17 m/s