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: 37.42,-102.72 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 527 2 900 1013 SFC 863 1386 27.8 16.9 51 10.9 20.0 161 11 313.9 316.6 298.2 357.7 14.15 4 850 1520 25.6 16.2 56 9.4 19.0 163 12 313.0 315.6 297.8 355.5 13.79 5 800 2050 20.4 15.1 71 5.3 16.7 165 12 312.9 315.5 297.7 354.8 13.59 6 750 2603 15.1 13.7 91 1.5 14.1 169 10 313.0 315.5 297.4 353.8 13.24 7 700 3186 12.3 4.8 60 7.5 7.8 328 7 316.1 317.6 294.4 340.5 7.74 8 650 3802 8.2 -9.6 27 17.7 0.2 325 20 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.6 2.85 9 600 4456 2.6 -10.3 38 13.0 -3.0 320 28 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.7 2.90 10 550 5152 -2.9 -11.4 52 8.5 -6.4 309 37 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.2 2.90 11 500 5898 -9.1 -16.3 56 7.2 -11.6 307 43 321.9 322.4 291.5 329.2 2.14 12 450 6704 -14.9 -24.1 45 9.2 -17.4 320 46 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.8 1.21 13 400 7584 -20.4 -49.7 5 29.3 -23.8 324 52 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 14 350 8562 -25.9 -54.6 5 28.7 -28.5 330 65 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.07 15 300 9661 -33.1 -54.8 9 21.8 -34.7 331 78 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 16 250 10918 -41.6 -58.7 14 17.1 -42.4 328 77 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 17 200 12398 -51.9 -68.5 12 16.6 -52.2 319 66 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14227 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.5 309 40 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16708 -66.0 -85.1 5 19.1 -66.2 338 9 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.37 m Freezing level: 576.27 mb = 4786.30 m = 15702.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.94 mb = 3841.00 m = 12601.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.80 mb = 2764.71 m = 9070.46 ft T: 14.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 30.11 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2935.24 m = 9629.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -7.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -8.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.33 C K Index: 43.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2233.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.94 mb = 2728.77 m = 8952.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.94 mb = 3379.06 m = 11086.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.94 mb = 12930.55 m = 42422.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2228.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.7 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 342.7 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.6 neg: -18.2 tot: 105.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 11.21 Bulk Shear: 199.22 m/s