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: 39.31,-100.91 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 572 SFC 911 940 26.1 17.1 58 9.0 19.8 138 12 307.3 309.8 296.2 348.2 13.56 3 900 1051 25.3 16.6 58 8.8 19.2 141 19 307.6 310.1 296.1 347.7 13.28 4 850 1550 20.8 15.7 72 5.1 17.3 156 25 307.9 310.4 296.2 348.1 13.29 5 800 2071 16.1 15.5 96 0.7 15.7 183 24 308.3 311.0 296.8 350.6 13.95 6 750 2620 13.6 13.2 97 0.4 13.4 208 25 311.4 313.8 296.8 350.7 12.83 7 700 3199 10.6 7.7 82 2.9 8.8 272 14 314.2 316.0 295.1 343.5 9.44 8 650 3813 7.2 -0.8 57 7.9 2.9 310 14 317.1 318.1 293.0 334.8 5.57 9 600 4465 2.1 -10.4 39 12.5 -3.3 331 11 318.6 319.1 291.2 328.0 2.88 10 550 5159 -4.3 -13.5 49 9.2 -7.8 340 8 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.2 2.46 11 500 5902 -10.7 -18.7 52 8.0 -13.2 327 7 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.75 12 450 6700 -17.0 -20.6 74 3.6 -18.1 342 8 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.65 13 400 7577 -21.2 -23.5 81 2.4 -21.8 286 26 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.5 1.43 14 350 8550 -27.3 -30.1 77 2.8 -27.9 295 37 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.2 0.90 15 300 9646 -33.1 -36.3 73 3.2 -33.6 279 58 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.8 0.57 16 250 10904 -42.6 -46.0 69 3.4 -42.9 261 74 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12370 -53.7 -57.7 61 4.0 -53.9 256 85 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14212 -56.8 -83.1 2 26.3 -57.1 294 29 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16723 -65.2 -86.4 4 21.2 -65.4 326 10 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.65 m Freezing level: 583.47 mb = 4694.94 m = 15403.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.73 mb = 4110.30 m = 13485.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.07 mb = 2081.35 m = 6828.50 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 24.74 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2533.99 m = 8313.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 26.33 C K Index: 44.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1551.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.41 mb = 2173.94 m = 7132.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.41 mb = 3744.50 m = 12284.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.41 mb = 12519.11 m = 41072.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1536.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.41 mb = 15320.97 m = 50265.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 294.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 16.88 Bulk Shear: 91.95 m/s