MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.75,-102.77 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -102.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 610 2 900 1084 SFC 885 1228 21.5 18.7 84 2.8 19.6 60 4 305.1 308.0 297.0 351.6 15.55 4 850 1580 19.1 16.5 85 2.5 17.3 130 10 306.1 308.7 296.3 348.3 14.06 5 800 2100 15.7 14.4 92 1.3 14.8 167 19 307.9 310.3 296.0 347.2 13.01 6 750 2646 12.3 11.9 97 0.4 12.0 186 23 309.9 312.2 295.7 345.8 11.76 7 700 3222 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 205 24 312.5 314.4 295.2 343.7 10.13 8 650 3834 5.3 5.1 98 0.2 5.2 214 24 315.0 316.6 294.7 341.6 8.51 9 600 4484 1.0 0.8 98 0.2 0.8 217 22 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.7 6.75 10 550 5179 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 212 20 320.4 321.4 293.8 337.8 5.40 11 500 5928 -7.4 -8.1 95 0.7 -7.7 211 19 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.7 4.15 12 450 6741 -12.5 -13.6 91 1.1 -12.9 217 19 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.6 2.97 13 400 7630 -18.3 -19.9 88 1.5 -18.8 231 23 331.2 331.5 293.9 338.1 1.97 14 350 8613 -25.4 -27.4 84 1.9 -25.9 245 29 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.7 1.16 15 300 9713 -33.7 -36.1 79 2.4 -34.0 257 36 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.1 0.58 16 250 10965 -44.0 -47.0 72 3.0 -44.2 267 43 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.22 17 200 12417 -56.8 -60.8 61 4.0 -56.9 288 51 342.8 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14247 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 296 32 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16778 -65.0 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 284 9 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.00 m Freezing level: 587.90 mb = 4652.15 m = 15262.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.90 mb = 4619.45 m = 15155.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.64 mb = 1583.78 m = 5196.07 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.00 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2176.34 m = 7140.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.05 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 42.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.33 mb = 2000.26 m = 6562.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.33 mb = 2485.59 m = 8154.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.33 mb = 12936.14 m = 42440.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1379.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.33 mb = 14935.95 m = 49001.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.5 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 234.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 194.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 26.03 Bulk Shear: 55.04 m/s