MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.03,-100.75 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 580 SFC 920 869 27.4 17.4 54 10.1 20.4 147 11 307.9 310.4 296.5 349.2 13.68 3 900 1060 26.0 17.0 58 9.0 19.6 151 19 308.3 310.8 296.5 349.5 13.64 4 850 1561 22.0 16.0 69 6.0 17.8 175 26 309.2 311.7 296.7 350.5 13.60 5 800 2085 17.6 15.3 86 2.3 16.0 200 28 309.9 312.5 297.0 351.9 13.80 6 750 2634 14.0 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 224 30 311.7 314.2 296.8 350.9 12.76 7 700 3216 12.0 4.9 62 7.1 7.8 254 13 315.8 317.3 294.4 340.3 7.80 8 650 3832 7.9 -4.0 43 11.9 1.9 283 12 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.1 4.39 9 600 4485 2.3 -10.7 37 13.0 -3.3 309 11 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.1 2.81 10 550 5180 -3.8 -15.6 40 11.7 -8.2 322 8 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.5 2.07 11 500 5923 -10.5 -17.8 55 7.3 -12.9 329 9 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.6 1.89 12 450 6723 -16.8 -18.9 84 2.1 -17.4 319 10 322.2 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.91 13 400 7597 -22.2 -24.7 80 2.5 -22.8 296 11 326.1 326.4 291.9 330.6 1.29 14 350 8568 -28.2 -31.1 76 2.9 -28.7 324 22 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.7 0.81 15 300 9658 -34.8 -38.1 72 3.3 -35.2 277 32 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.48 16 250 10911 -42.7 -46.1 69 3.4 -42.9 274 61 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.24 17 200 12380 -52.4 -56.4 62 4.0 -52.5 277 68 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.2 0.09 18 150 14235 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.5 -57.9 284 26 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16738 -66.8 -85.8 5 19.0 -66.9 310 14 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.74 m Freezing level: 581.17 mb = 4746.62 m = 15572.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.63 mb = 4065.93 m = 13339.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.88 mb = 2150.48 m = 7055.31 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 25.46 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.32 mb = 2596.58 m = 8518.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 26.52 C K Index: 41.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1921.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.35 mb = 2264.12 m = 7428.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.35 mb = 3979.56 m = 13056.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.35 mb = 12433.33 m = 40791.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1911.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.35 mb = 16243.03 m = 53290.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 287.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.44 Bulk Rich Number: 26.97 Bulk Shear: 71.24 m/s