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: 38.30,-100.84 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -100.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 917 895 27.4 17.4 54 10.0 20.4 152 12 308.1 310.7 296.5 349.7 13.76 3 900 1060 26.1 16.9 57 9.2 19.6 155 19 308.4 310.9 296.5 349.4 13.54 4 850 1561 21.8 16.0 70 5.8 17.8 174 27 309.0 311.6 296.7 350.3 13.60 5 800 2084 17.2 15.6 90 1.7 16.1 197 30 309.5 312.2 297.1 352.3 14.04 6 750 2633 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 216 34 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.1 13.18 7 700 3214 11.4 6.8 74 4.5 8.6 244 16 315.1 316.8 295.0 342.9 8.91 8 650 3829 7.6 -2.5 49 10.2 2.3 283 12 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.3 4.89 9 600 4482 2.3 -10.2 39 12.5 -3.1 313 11 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.4 2.93 10 550 5177 -4.0 -15.4 41 11.4 -8.2 329 9 319.4 319.8 290.7 326.4 2.10 11 500 5919 -10.7 -19.5 48 8.8 -13.5 337 8 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.6 1.63 12 450 6718 -17.3 -19.6 82 2.4 -18.0 335 10 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.79 13 400 7591 -22.3 -24.9 79 2.6 -22.9 314 11 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.5 1.27 14 350 8563 -28.2 -31.1 76 2.9 -28.7 323 27 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.81 15 300 9651 -35.6 -38.8 72 3.2 -35.9 283 28 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.44 16 250 10901 -42.8 -46.3 68 3.6 -43.0 271 61 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.5 0.24 17 200 12371 -51.8 -55.9 62 4.1 -52.0 277 67 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.1 0.10 18 150 14233 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 283 24 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16738 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.6 311 12 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.39 m Freezing level: 581.81 mb = 4735.04 m = 15534.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.85 mb = 4099.30 m = 13449.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.77 mb = 2161.49 m = 7091.42 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 26.71 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.88 mb = 2578.14 m = 8458.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 44.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1974.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.58 mb = 2260.68 m = 7416.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.58 mb = 3720.55 m = 12206.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.58 mb = 12417.16 m = 40738.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1957.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.58 mb = 16228.89 m = 53243.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.8 neg: -1.4 tot: 295.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.57 Bulk Rich Number: 30.36 Bulk Shear: 65.04 m/s