MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.90,-102.56 Latitude: 36.90 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 531 2 900 1012 SFC 875 1262 24.2 18.7 71 5.5 20.2 166 3 309.0 311.9 298.0 356.6 15.69 4 850 1515 23.0 17.3 70 5.7 19.0 182 15 310.2 313.0 297.8 355.4 14.82 5 800 2043 21.3 15.1 68 6.2 17.0 200 34 313.9 316.5 297.9 356.0 13.61 6 750 2600 17.7 13.3 75 4.4 14.7 218 39 315.8 318.3 298.0 356.2 12.95 7 700 3187 13.0 12.0 94 1.0 12.3 229 41 316.9 319.3 298.0 356.6 12.68 8 650 3807 9.2 5.6 79 3.5 7.0 240 40 319.3 321.1 296.1 347.5 8.85 9 600 4465 3.4 1.2 85 2.2 2.1 257 40 320.0 321.4 294.8 342.3 6.95 10 550 5164 -2.3 -3.5 92 1.2 -2.9 271 43 321.4 322.4 294.0 338.9 5.40 11 500 5914 -7.3 -11.0 75 3.7 -8.8 283 46 324.2 324.8 293.1 335.2 3.31 12 450 6728 -10.8 -20.4 45 9.6 -13.9 292 46 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.5 1.67 13 400 7621 -17.2 -33.7 22 16.5 -20.6 303 46 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.7 0.55 14 350 8607 -24.3 -41.5 19 17.3 -26.7 310 45 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.2 0.29 15 300 9710 -33.4 -40.6 48 7.2 -34.3 323 43 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.7 0.37 16 250 10967 -41.7 -45.7 65 4.0 -42.1 346 44 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.26 17 200 12442 -52.5 -56.9 59 4.4 -52.7 354 41 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14257 -61.9 -79.1 8 17.1 -62.1 305 47 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16728 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 294 10 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.01 m Freezing level: 570.11 mb = 4882.63 m = 16018.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.63 mb = 4756.15 m = 15603.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.73 mb = 1969.78 m = 6462.46 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.06 mb = 3065.67 m = 10057.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 46.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2035.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.27 mb = 2528.33 m = 8294.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.27 mb = 3790.81 m = 12436.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.27 mb = 13420.44 m = 44029.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2019.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 579.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 579.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 193.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.36 Bulk Rich Number: 10.82 Bulk Shear: 188.02 m/s