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: 40.11,-102.29 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -102.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 547 2 900 1032 SFC 888 1150 28.4 17.9 53 10.5 20.9 159 10 311.9 314.7 298.1 357.2 14.73 4 850 1539 25.1 16.3 58 8.8 18.9 166 16 312.4 315.1 297.7 355.1 13.86 5 800 2068 20.0 15.3 74 4.7 16.7 173 18 312.4 315.1 297.7 354.8 13.76 6 750 2621 14.8 14.2 96 0.7 14.4 181 18 312.7 315.3 297.7 354.8 13.68 7 700 3203 12.7 2.3 49 10.4 6.7 249 14 316.5 317.8 293.6 337.0 6.46 8 650 3821 8.5 -8.7 29 17.1 0.5 279 14 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.05 9 600 4474 2.5 -11.9 34 14.4 -3.6 281 13 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.4 2.56 10 550 5169 -4.1 -12.8 51 8.7 -7.5 284 12 319.3 319.8 291.1 327.9 2.60 11 500 5910 -10.7 -14.9 71 4.2 -12.2 290 13 320.0 320.4 291.2 328.0 2.40 12 450 6710 -17.3 -19.9 80 2.6 -18.1 309 15 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.4 1.75 13 400 7583 -22.3 -25.0 79 2.7 -22.9 299 21 326.0 326.2 291.8 330.4 1.26 14 350 8553 -28.0 -31.0 75 3.0 -28.5 292 33 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.0 0.82 15 300 9642 -36.1 -39.2 72 3.2 -36.4 287 38 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.2 0.42 16 250 10882 -45.6 -49.2 67 3.6 -45.9 280 46 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.17 17 200 12342 -50.1 -54.4 60 4.3 -50.3 280 59 353.4 353.4 297.5 353.9 0.12 18 150 14213 -56.2 -83.4 2 27.2 -56.5 292 30 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16734 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 310 11 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.88 m Freezing level: 581.10 mb = 4736.62 m = 15539.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3904.75 m = 12810.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.92 mb = 2474.41 m = 8118.05 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 27.39 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2798.49 m = 9181.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -9.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -9.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.83 C Cross Totals Index: 27.04 C K Index: 41.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2884.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.88 mb = 2622.14 m = 8602.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.88 mb = 3507.62 m = 11507.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.88 mb = 12510.29 m = 41043.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2879.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.5 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 286.5 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 117.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 51.00 Bulk Shear: 56.56 m/s