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: 38.17,-102.64 Latitude: 38.17 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 519 2 900 1010 SFC 886 1154 33.4 14.2 31 19.2 20.1 147 14 317.4 319.6 297.4 353.6 11.54 4 850 1524 29.3 13.3 37 16.1 18.3 151 18 316.8 319.0 297.1 352.4 11.33 5 800 2059 24.1 12.1 47 11.9 16.0 156 18 316.8 319.0 297.0 351.9 11.19 6 750 2619 18.8 11.2 61 7.6 13.7 168 18 317.0 319.1 297.1 352.0 11.18 7 700 3206 13.3 9.3 77 4.0 10.7 195 15 317.2 319.3 296.7 350.5 10.60 8 650 3826 8.6 1.3 60 7.3 4.4 252 15 318.7 319.9 294.1 339.3 6.46 9 600 4481 3.2 -4.4 57 7.6 -0.6 270 15 319.8 320.7 293.0 334.7 4.59 10 550 5179 -2.8 -7.0 73 4.2 -4.8 281 18 320.8 321.6 292.9 334.2 4.10 11 500 5925 -9.1 -14.3 66 5.2 -11.1 279 21 321.9 322.4 291.8 330.4 2.53 12 450 6730 -15.2 -23.5 49 8.2 -17.5 280 28 324.1 324.3 291.3 328.5 1.28 13 400 7611 -19.8 -22.5 79 2.6 -20.5 296 37 329.2 329.5 293.0 334.7 1.57 14 350 8588 -26.3 -29.3 76 3.0 -26.9 290 48 333.3 333.5 293.5 336.8 0.97 15 300 9686 -34.2 -37.3 73 3.1 -34.6 274 50 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.51 16 250 10934 -44.4 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.6 276 65 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.20 17 200 12398 -49.8 -72.3 5 22.5 -50.3 292 66 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14248 -59.6 -81.1 4 21.6 -59.7 281 35 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16738 -65.3 -85.0 5 19.7 -65.5 275 12 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.00 m Freezing level: 573.52 mb = 4850.85 m = 15914.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.20 mb = 4397.21 m = 14426.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.77 mb = 3562.83 m = 11688.92 ft T: 10.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 23.50 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.20 mb = 3720.81 m = 12207.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.95 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -6.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 47.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1941.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.75 mb = 3550.61 m = 11648.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.75 mb = 3994.32 m = 13104.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.75 mb = 12180.57 m = 39962.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1938.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.75 mb = 16336.54 m = 53596.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 20.59 Bulk Shear: 94.27 m/s