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: 40.80,-103.11 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 571 2 900 1056 SFC 881 1249 28.7 16.0 46 12.7 19.8 166 17 313.0 315.5 297.3 353.3 13.06 4 850 1562 25.1 14.5 51 10.7 17.8 170 24 312.5 314.8 296.7 350.3 12.27 5 800 2091 20.0 13.4 66 6.6 15.5 174 25 312.5 314.8 296.6 349.9 12.17 6 750 2643 14.7 12.4 86 2.4 13.1 180 26 312.6 314.9 296.6 349.9 12.13 7 700 3223 10.2 8.6 90 1.6 9.2 211 25 313.8 315.7 295.5 344.9 10.04 8 650 3839 8.0 -1.7 50 9.7 2.8 246 5 318.1 319.1 293.0 334.7 5.20 9 600 4493 2.1 -2.5 72 4.6 -0.3 266 6 318.5 319.6 293.2 335.6 5.31 10 550 5188 -3.4 -13.1 47 9.7 -7.2 281 11 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.5 2.53 11 500 5932 -10.1 -18.5 51 8.3 -12.9 288 12 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.7 1.78 12 450 6733 -16.8 -25.4 47 8.6 -18.9 273 15 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.9 1.08 13 400 7604 -23.2 -33.8 37 10.6 -25.0 267 29 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.55 14 350 8570 -29.2 -43.9 23 14.7 -30.8 270 45 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.22 15 300 9653 -37.2 -44.8 45 7.6 -37.9 273 53 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.24 16 250 10887 -46.3 -50.6 61 4.3 -46.5 288 55 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.15 17 200 12347 -49.6 -68.9 9 19.3 -50.0 285 48 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 18 150 14214 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 279 37 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16749 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 264 7 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.61 m Freezing level: 580.88 mb = 4758.74 m = 15612.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.40 mb = 4433.21 m = 14544.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.62 mb = 2851.95 m = 9356.69 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.56 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.63 mb = 2990.91 m = 9812.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 48.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2294.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.02 mb = 2905.00 m = 9530.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.02 mb = 3080.30 m = 10105.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.02 mb = 11965.38 m = 39256.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2294.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.02 mb = 16039.60 m = 52622.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.7 neg: -14.8 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 53.84 Bulk Shear: 42.63 m/s