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: 40.27,-103.86 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -103.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 553 2 900 1042 SFC 869 1357 30.8 12.3 32 18.6 18.2 192 15 316.4 318.4 296.4 348.9 10.37 4 850 1553 28.4 11.2 34 17.2 17.0 193 21 315.9 317.8 295.9 346.8 9.87 5 800 2086 23.2 10.0 43 13.2 14.6 197 22 315.9 317.7 295.8 346.1 9.66 6 750 2644 17.7 8.9 56 8.8 12.0 200 23 315.8 317.6 295.7 345.9 9.60 7 700 3229 12.1 7.9 76 4.2 9.5 203 23 315.8 317.7 295.7 345.9 9.60 8 650 3844 6.4 5.4 93 1.0 5.8 217 19 316.2 317.9 295.2 343.6 8.72 9 600 4496 1.6 -2.1 76 3.7 -0.3 252 11 318.0 319.0 293.2 335.5 5.46 10 550 5190 -3.9 -10.3 61 6.5 -6.6 277 12 319.5 320.1 291.7 329.9 3.17 11 500 5934 -10.0 -14.7 69 4.7 -11.7 295 14 320.8 321.3 291.4 329.0 2.45 12 450 6736 -16.3 -18.6 82 2.4 -17.0 298 18 322.8 323.1 291.5 329.4 1.95 13 400 7612 -22.1 -24.2 83 2.1 -22.6 298 24 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.0 1.35 14 350 8581 -28.6 -32.2 71 3.7 -29.2 288 32 330.2 330.4 292.5 332.9 0.73 15 300 9668 -36.5 -41.8 58 5.3 -37.0 271 51 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.32 16 250 10903 -46.5 -54.5 40 8.0 -46.8 274 54 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 17 200 12369 -49.9 -73.2 5 23.3 -50.3 288 55 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 14226 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 281 43 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16759 -63.4 -87.4 2 24.0 -63.6 332 5 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.13 m Freezing level: 585.34 mb = 4699.52 m = 15418.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.70 mb = 4459.37 m = 14630.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.32 mb = 3675.62 m = 12058.98 ft T: 7.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.23 mb = 3752.19 m = 12310.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 59.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 45.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1644.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.45 mb = 3724.18 m = 12218.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.45 mb = 3787.37 m = 12425.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.45 mb = 11910.71 m = 39076.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1622.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.45 mb = 14909.40 m = 48914.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 51.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 57.68 Bulk Shear: 28.51 m/s