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: 38.59,-102.31 Latitude: 38.59 Longitude: -102.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 530 2 900 1019 SFC 877 1256 30.9 15.5 39 15.4 20.1 151 14 315.7 318.2 297.8 355.4 12.72 4 850 1529 27.5 14.5 45 13.0 18.5 155 19 314.9 317.3 297.3 353.2 12.31 5 800 2062 22.2 13.5 58 8.7 16.3 160 19 314.8 317.1 297.3 352.9 12.25 6 750 2618 16.9 12.4 75 4.5 13.8 168 19 314.9 317.2 297.2 352.7 12.16 7 700 3203 13.5 3.3 50 10.2 7.5 238 12 317.4 318.7 294.1 339.4 6.92 8 650 3822 9.0 -6.4 33 15.4 1.5 271 13 319.2 319.9 292.0 331.1 3.65 9 600 4477 3.3 -9.3 39 12.6 -2.4 294 14 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.2 3.14 10 550 5174 -3.2 -9.5 61 6.4 -6.0 296 13 320.3 321.0 292.1 331.4 3.37 11 500 5919 -9.5 -12.0 82 2.5 -10.5 283 13 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.5 3.05 12 450 6724 -15.6 -19.4 73 3.8 -16.8 266 18 323.6 323.9 291.7 329.8 1.83 13 400 7603 -20.8 -24.5 72 3.7 -21.7 289 30 327.9 328.2 292.4 332.6 1.31 14 350 8579 -26.1 -34.2 46 8.2 -27.5 298 55 333.6 333.7 293.3 335.8 0.60 15 300 9679 -33.3 -40.8 47 7.5 -34.1 277 65 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.9 0.36 16 250 10931 -44.4 -51.9 43 7.5 -44.7 279 73 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.6 0.13 17 200 12394 -51.5 -74.4 5 22.9 -51.9 290 64 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14240 -59.0 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.2 284 29 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16735 -64.2 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 275 8 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.39 m Freezing level: 574.73 mb = 4829.57 m = 15844.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.35 mb = 4073.36 m = 13363.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.89 mb = 3192.12 m = 10472.70 ft T: 13.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.15 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3557.60 m = 11671.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.29 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: -7.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 41.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2134.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.35 mb = 3162.46 m = 10375.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.35 mb = 3970.00 m = 13024.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.35 mb = 12778.95 m = 41925.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2115.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.35 mb = 16241.45 m = 53284.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -165.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 27.14 Bulk Shear: 78.68 m/s