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: 38.29,-102.45 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 524 2 900 1014 SFC 885 1167 32.4 14.9 35 17.6 20.2 148 15 316.5 318.8 297.5 354.3 12.10 4 850 1526 28.3 13.7 41 14.6 18.2 151 20 315.8 318.0 297.1 352.1 11.66 5 800 2060 23.1 12.9 53 10.2 16.1 156 21 315.7 318.0 297.1 352.4 11.74 6 750 2618 17.7 11.7 68 6.1 13.7 168 20 315.8 318.1 297.1 351.9 11.57 7 700 3204 13.2 7.2 67 6.0 9.4 215 13 317.1 318.8 295.7 345.8 9.13 8 650 3823 9.1 -3.3 41 12.4 2.7 264 13 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.2 4.61 9 600 4479 3.3 -6.0 50 9.3 -1.2 279 13 320.0 320.8 292.6 333.3 4.08 10 550 5177 -2.8 -7.1 72 4.3 -4.8 283 15 320.7 321.5 292.8 334.0 4.07 11 500 5923 -9.1 -12.4 77 3.3 -10.4 279 18 322.0 322.5 292.2 331.8 2.95 12 450 6729 -14.9 -25.6 39 10.8 -17.6 278 27 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.2 1.05 13 400 7610 -20.2 -24.1 71 3.9 -21.2 292 37 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.5 1.37 14 350 8586 -26.4 -29.6 74 3.2 -27.1 291 55 333.2 333.3 293.4 336.6 0.94 15 300 9685 -33.8 -37.0 73 3.1 -34.3 274 55 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.7 0.53 16 250 10933 -44.5 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.7 277 67 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12398 -50.2 -72.0 6 21.9 -50.6 292 64 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14245 -59.5 -80.3 5 20.7 -59.7 282 34 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16736 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 274 11 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.15 m Freezing level: 573.00 mb = 4855.84 m = 15931.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.13 mb = 4275.08 m = 14025.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.17 mb = 3370.63 m = 11058.36 ft T: 12.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 19.09 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.74 mb = 3686.13 m = 12093.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.67 C = 94.41 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -6.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 45.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1961.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.43 mb = 3355.22 m = 11007.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.43 mb = 4047.68 m = 13279.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.43 mb = 12318.80 m = 40415.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1954.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.2 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 276.2 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 101.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 20.26 Bulk Shear: 96.81 m/s