MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-102.05 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -102.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 542 2 900 1025 SFC 890 1127 26.8 17.8 58 8.9 20.4 151 16 310.1 312.9 297.6 354.7 14.61 4 850 1530 24.2 16.8 63 7.4 19.0 164 34 311.5 314.2 297.8 355.4 14.33 5 800 2058 20.1 15.5 75 4.6 16.9 183 38 312.5 315.2 297.8 355.5 13.96 6 750 2612 15.8 13.7 87 2.1 14.4 198 37 313.7 316.3 297.7 354.7 13.26 7 700 3196 12.7 7.3 70 5.4 9.3 201 25 316.5 318.3 295.6 345.4 9.19 8 650 3814 8.1 2.3 66 5.9 4.8 214 19 318.2 319.5 294.4 340.3 6.95 9 600 4469 2.7 -3.5 64 6.2 -0.5 230 20 319.2 320.1 293.1 335.1 4.91 10 550 5165 -3.2 -7.3 73 4.1 -5.1 240 22 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.5 4.02 11 500 5911 -9.3 -11.1 87 1.8 -10.1 246 26 321.7 322.4 292.4 332.6 3.27 12 450 6716 -14.7 -15.0 97 0.3 -14.9 251 30 324.7 325.2 292.7 333.7 2.64 13 400 7600 -19.4 -20.9 88 1.5 -19.8 264 44 329.8 330.2 293.4 336.2 1.81 14 350 8579 -26.0 -32.2 56 6.2 -27.1 273 57 333.7 333.9 293.4 336.5 0.73 15 300 9678 -33.7 -37.0 72 3.3 -34.1 276 60 337.9 338.0 294.3 339.9 0.53 16 250 10933 -41.9 -45.4 68 3.6 -42.2 288 59 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.26 17 200 12411 -51.6 -55.7 61 4.1 -51.8 297 66 351.0 351.1 297.0 351.5 0.10 18 150 14243 -58.7 -73.6 13 14.8 -58.9 266 36 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16734 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 269 2 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.84 m Freezing level: 577.24 mb = 4785.71 m = 15700.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.81 mb = 4403.29 m = 14446.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.26 mb = 2261.23 m = 7418.65 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 22.96 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.80 mb = 2901.12 m = 9517.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -8.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.49 C Cross Totals Index: 26.11 C K Index: 44.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 657.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2283.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.69 mb = 2490.35 m = 8170.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.69 mb = 3490.73 m = 11452.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.69 mb = 12883.41 m = 42267.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2275.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.8 neg: -51.5 tot: 260.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.42 Bulk Rich Number: 27.31 Bulk Shear: 83.64 m/s