MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-102.33 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -102.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 584 2 900 1062 SFC 879 1267 25.6 18.7 66 6.9 20.7 183 12 310.0 312.9 298.2 357.7 15.67 4 850 1562 20.7 16.8 78 3.9 17.9 186 16 307.8 310.5 296.8 350.9 14.27 5 800 2083 17.1 11.3 69 5.8 13.3 198 18 309.4 311.3 294.7 341.6 10.58 6 750 2636 17.3 1.2 34 16.1 8.2 218 16 315.4 316.4 292.5 333.0 5.58 7 700 3220 13.4 -3.6 31 16.9 4.6 235 13 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.8 4.19 8 650 3837 8.5 -11.1 24 19.6 -0.1 286 12 318.6 319.0 290.8 326.9 2.51 9 600 4491 3.0 -13.9 28 16.9 -3.8 330 13 319.5 320.0 290.8 326.8 2.17 10 550 5187 -3.5 -13.8 45 10.2 -7.5 335 12 319.9 320.4 291.1 327.9 2.40 11 500 5930 -9.7 -22.1 36 12.3 -13.4 313 16 321.2 321.4 290.5 325.7 1.30 12 450 6733 -15.7 -24.3 47 8.6 -17.9 296 27 323.5 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.19 13 400 7611 -21.7 -31.4 41 9.8 -23.5 291 35 326.8 327.0 291.5 329.3 0.69 14 350 8581 -28.2 -39.6 33 11.3 -29.7 292 47 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.35 15 300 9667 -36.6 -48.9 27 12.2 -37.5 292 62 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.15 16 250 10908 -44.4 -62.7 11 18.2 -45.1 293 66 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12386 -47.4 -75.0 3 27.5 -48.0 279 65 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 14230 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 278 38 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16729 -65.5 -86.8 4 21.2 -65.7 181 4 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.06 m Freezing level: 577.26 mb = 4807.57 m = 15772.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.04 mb = 3823.56 m = 12544.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.25 mb = 2134.35 m = 7002.37 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 30.93 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.12 mb = 3484.13 m = 11430.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.75 F Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.43 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1498.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.54 mb = 2471.46 m = 8108.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.54 mb = 4362.31 m = 14311.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.54 mb = 11473.61 m = 37642.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1492.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.54 mb = 15134.14 m = 49652.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 21.64 Bulk Shear: 69.26 m/s