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: 38.40,-102.22 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -102.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 532 2 900 1020 SFC 882 1202 31.1 15.7 39 15.4 20.2 150 16 315.4 317.9 297.7 355.3 12.80 4 850 1530 27.1 14.4 46 12.7 18.3 154 21 314.5 316.9 297.2 352.5 12.24 5 800 2062 21.9 13.7 59 8.3 16.3 158 21 314.5 316.9 297.3 353.0 12.39 6 750 2618 16.7 12.0 73 4.8 13.6 173 20 314.7 317.0 297.0 351.4 11.80 7 700 3203 13.8 2.6 47 11.2 7.3 244 12 317.8 319.0 294.0 338.8 6.61 8 650 3822 9.3 -7.0 31 16.3 1.4 273 13 319.5 320.1 291.9 330.8 3.47 9 600 4478 3.5 -9.1 39 12.5 -2.2 295 14 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.7 3.21 10 550 5176 -2.8 -9.6 59 6.8 -5.7 295 14 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.9 3.37 11 500 5922 -8.9 -12.1 78 3.2 -10.2 286 17 322.2 322.8 292.3 332.2 3.03 12 450 6728 -15.1 -24.5 45 9.4 -17.6 277 23 324.2 324.5 291.2 328.3 1.17 13 400 7608 -20.6 -25.7 64 5.1 -21.8 290 34 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.4 1.18 14 350 8584 -26.3 -34.1 48 7.8 -27.6 296 57 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.5 0.61 15 300 9684 -33.7 -37.7 67 4.0 -34.2 277 59 337.9 338.0 294.3 339.8 0.50 16 250 10933 -44.4 -50.2 52 5.9 -44.7 282 69 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.15 17 200 12398 -51.0 -71.9 7 20.8 -51.4 292 63 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14242 -59.5 -80.0 5 20.5 -59.7 283 34 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16736 -64.5 -85.6 4 21.1 -64.7 274 9 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.16 m Freezing level: 572.26 mb = 4865.38 m = 15962.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.37 mb = 4073.69 m = 13364.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.84 mb = 3144.46 m = 10316.34 ft T: 14.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.32 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.58 mb = 3599.36 m = 11808.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 39.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2060.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.73 mb = 3121.71 m = 10241.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.73 mb = 4056.02 m = 13306.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.73 mb = 12668.24 m = 41561.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2044.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 111.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 20.04 Bulk Shear: 102.79 m/s