MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.40,-102.64 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 529 2 900 1014 SFC 866 1353 27.9 17.0 51 10.9 20.1 162 11 313.6 316.3 298.2 357.5 14.18 4 850 1521 25.4 16.2 57 9.1 18.9 164 12 312.7 315.4 297.7 355.2 13.79 5 800 2050 20.1 15.1 73 5.0 16.7 166 12 312.6 315.2 297.6 354.6 13.63 6 750 2603 15.0 13.1 88 1.9 13.7 170 11 312.9 315.3 297.1 352.1 12.74 7 700 3186 12.6 2.7 51 9.8 6.9 334 9 316.4 317.7 293.7 337.5 6.67 8 650 3802 8.2 -10.1 26 18.4 0.0 325 20 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.3 2.72 9 600 4456 2.6 -10.8 36 13.4 -3.1 321 28 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.4 2.80 10 550 5152 -3.0 -11.8 50 8.9 -6.6 310 36 320.5 321.1 291.7 329.9 2.81 11 500 5898 -9.2 -16.5 55 7.3 -11.7 307 42 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.0 2.11 12 450 6703 -14.9 -24.7 43 9.8 -17.5 320 46 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.14 13 400 7584 -20.5 -48.7 6 28.3 -23.8 324 52 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.11 14 350 8561 -26.0 -56.1 4 30.1 -28.6 330 65 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.05 15 300 9660 -33.1 -55.6 9 22.5 -34.7 331 78 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.07 16 250 10917 -41.6 -59.0 13 17.4 -42.4 329 78 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.05 17 200 12397 -51.9 -68.8 11 16.9 -52.2 320 67 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14227 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 309 41 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16708 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 340 9 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.86 m Freezing level: 576.52 mb = 4782.74 m = 15691.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.69 mb = 3806.24 m = 12487.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.98 mb = 2728.03 m = 8950.11 ft T: 14.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 30.21 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2978.53 m = 9771.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -8.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 40.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2183.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.40 mb = 2700.49 m = 8859.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.40 mb = 3471.07 m = 11387.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.40 mb = 12845.31 m = 42142.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2181.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 343.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.7 neg: -16.6 tot: 113.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 10.93 Bulk Shear: 199.82 m/s