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,-102.83 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -102.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 573 2 900 1053 SFC 864 1414 25.8 18.0 62 7.9 20.2 192 10 311.8 314.6 298.4 358.4 15.18 4 850 1555 22.4 16.3 68 6.1 18.2 197 12 309.6 312.3 297.0 351.8 13.87 5 800 2079 17.9 11.9 68 6.0 14.0 207 13 310.2 312.3 295.3 343.9 11.03 6 750 2634 19.3 -2.4 23 21.8 7.6 256 14 317.6 318.4 292.1 331.3 4.26 7 700 3221 14.2 -7.3 22 21.5 3.8 252 9 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.14 8 650 3839 8.9 -12.9 20 21.8 -0.3 298 11 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.3 2.18 9 600 4493 3.1 -17.3 21 20.3 -4.5 338 14 319.6 320.0 290.3 325.2 1.64 10 550 5189 -3.0 -17.9 31 14.9 -8.2 346 16 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.69 11 500 5934 -9.5 -25.7 26 16.2 -13.9 323 16 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.7 0.94 12 450 6737 -16.2 -21.2 65 5.1 -17.6 295 24 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.3 1.56 13 400 7613 -22.0 -29.6 50 7.6 -23.5 288 33 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.4 0.83 14 350 8582 -28.6 -38.2 39 9.6 -29.9 288 46 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.40 15 300 9667 -36.8 -48.1 30 11.3 -37.7 290 62 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.16 16 250 10906 -44.6 -61.8 13 17.2 -45.2 291 69 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12386 -46.9 -74.6 3 27.7 -47.6 278 67 358.4 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 14232 -58.7 -81.1 4 22.4 -59.0 274 38 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16732 -65.8 -86.7 4 20.8 -66.0 201 5 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.19 m Freezing level: 574.92 mb = 4842.45 m = 15887.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.04 mb = 3787.02 m = 12424.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.23 mb = 2405.18 m = 7890.91 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 33.15 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.37 mb = 3821.23 m = 12536.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lifted Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.90 C Showalter Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.94 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 26.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1332.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 267.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.17 mb = 2920.32 m = 9580.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.17 mb = 4491.04 m = 14734.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.17 mb = 11454.30 m = 37579.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.17 mb = 14649.54 m = 48062.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.4 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 326.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -150.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: -13.4 tot: 64.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 22.95 Bulk Shear: 58.08 m/s