MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.66,-103.51 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 613 2 900 1075 SFC 873 1331 13.4 13.1 98 0.4 13.2 180 5 297.9 299.9 291.6 329.6 10.88 4 850 1558 14.3 11.8 85 2.5 12.7 200 20 301.1 303.0 292.1 331.4 10.27 5 800 2074 17.5 10.0 61 7.5 12.7 215 35 309.8 311.6 294.1 339.4 9.69 6 750 2627 16.8 5.8 48 10.9 10.1 217 22 314.8 316.3 294.1 339.0 7.75 7 700 3211 13.7 -2.5 32 16.2 5.1 239 12 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.3 4.55 8 650 3829 8.9 -7.7 30 16.6 1.1 285 10 319.0 319.7 291.7 329.9 3.30 9 600 4484 2.6 -11.0 36 13.7 -3.2 303 10 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.75 10 550 5178 -4.1 -12.9 50 8.8 -7.5 314 14 319.3 319.8 291.1 327.8 2.58 11 500 5919 -11.3 -14.6 76 3.3 -12.5 313 15 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.5 2.47 12 450 6717 -17.3 -31.1 29 13.8 -20.1 308 26 321.5 321.7 289.9 323.8 0.64 13 400 7589 -23.3 -44.4 13 21.2 -25.8 291 33 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.18 14 350 8550 -30.5 -49.9 13 19.4 -32.1 285 41 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.11 15 300 9630 -37.2 -60.0 8 22.8 -38.3 288 56 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.04 16 250 10871 -44.5 -61.8 13 17.3 -45.2 291 71 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.04 17 200 12339 -50.4 -72.5 6 22.1 -50.8 280 59 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14198 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 276 46 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16733 -64.8 -85.1 4 20.3 -65.0 317 6 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.40 m Freezing level: 580.29 mb = 4757.47 m = 15608.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.44 mb = 3988.69 m = 13086.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.18 mb = 1378.74 m = 4523.37 ft T: 13.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.23 C/km ThetaE index: 15.61 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.11 mb = 4044.49 m = 13269.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.80 C = 92.83 F Cap Strength: 7.78 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.51 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 21.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 544.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.23 mb = 2510.57 m = 8236.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 545.23 mb = 5245.90 m = 17210.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.23 mb = 9739.33 m = 31952.81 ft B at Equ Level: 464.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.23 mb = 12168.73 m = 39923.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.8 neg: -50.0 tot: 123.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 58.03 m/s