MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.72,-102.85 Latitude: 37.72 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 514 2 900 1006 SFC 868 1331 32.6 13.9 32 18.7 19.6 163 11 318.4 320.7 297.7 355.0 11.59 4 850 1521 30.5 12.7 34 17.8 18.3 166 14 318.1 320.2 297.1 352.4 10.90 5 800 2058 25.2 11.7 43 13.6 16.1 172 14 318.0 320.1 297.1 352.2 10.85 6 750 2620 19.8 10.6 56 9.1 13.7 180 13 318.0 320.1 297.1 352.0 10.78 7 700 3209 14.1 9.2 73 4.8 10.9 200 12 318.1 320.1 296.9 351.3 10.53 8 650 3829 8.1 7.5 96 0.6 7.8 225 11 318.2 320.1 296.6 350.0 10.09 9 600 4485 2.8 1.6 92 1.2 2.1 276 15 319.3 320.7 294.8 342.2 7.17 10 550 5183 -2.5 -6.5 74 4.0 -4.4 293 21 321.1 322.0 293.1 335.1 4.28 11 500 5931 -8.4 -15.7 56 7.3 -11.1 289 23 322.8 323.2 291.8 330.3 2.24 12 450 6739 -14.2 -20.0 62 5.7 -16.0 275 26 325.3 325.7 292.1 331.3 1.74 13 400 7622 -20.3 -24.2 71 3.9 -21.3 273 27 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.4 1.35 14 350 8600 -26.1 -28.9 77 2.8 -26.7 278 29 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.2 1.00 15 300 9698 -34.1 -37.1 74 3.1 -34.4 276 38 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.4 0.53 16 250 10948 -44.1 -47.6 68 3.5 -44.4 281 52 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12413 -50.7 -61.2 28 10.4 -51.1 288 60 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.6 0.05 18 150 14256 -60.6 -80.0 6 19.4 -60.8 287 32 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16740 -66.1 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.2 274 11 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.82 m Freezing level: 573.67 mb = 4852.89 m = 15921.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.94 mb = 4702.93 m = 15429.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.88 mb = 3677.78 m = 12066.05 ft T: 9.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 24.62 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.37 mb = 3760.43 m = 12337.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.41 C = 90.34 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 46.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1921.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.22 mb = 3749.60 m = 12301.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.22 mb = 3813.58 m = 12511.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.22 mb = 12373.11 m = 40593.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1919.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 28.90 Bulk Shear: 66.50 m/s