MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.44,-102.32 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -102.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 518 2 900 1006 SFC 879 1217 31.4 12.7 32 18.7 18.7 67 5 315.9 318.0 296.4 348.9 10.52 4 850 1516 27.8 11.2 35 16.7 16.8 58 5 315.3 317.2 295.8 346.1 9.86 5 800 2049 22.7 10.2 45 12.4 14.6 43 5 315.3 317.2 295.7 346.1 9.84 6 750 2605 17.3 8.8 57 8.5 11.9 15 6 315.4 317.2 295.6 345.1 9.51 7 700 3189 11.8 6.9 72 4.9 8.8 349 9 315.6 317.3 295.1 343.6 8.94 8 650 3805 7.0 -1.7 54 8.7 2.4 327 21 316.9 317.9 292.7 333.5 5.19 9 600 4456 1.9 -12.9 33 14.7 -4.1 328 33 318.3 318.7 290.6 326.1 2.37 10 550 5151 -3.5 -10.1 60 6.6 -6.4 319 41 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.5 3.22 11 500 5896 -9.6 -14.0 70 4.4 -11.2 311 45 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.0 2.60 12 450 6699 -15.5 -25.2 43 9.7 -18.0 315 47 323.7 324.0 291.0 327.6 1.10 13 400 7579 -20.8 -47.6 7 26.8 -24.1 320 49 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.13 14 350 8552 -26.5 -53.5 6 27.0 -28.9 327 64 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 15 300 9652 -33.4 -52.4 13 19.0 -34.8 331 80 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.10 16 250 10905 -42.4 -57.7 17 15.3 -43.2 324 77 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.06 17 200 12383 -51.2 -70.7 8 19.5 -51.6 321 68 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14212 -59.1 -81.6 4 22.5 -59.3 302 39 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16700 -66.7 -85.6 5 18.9 -66.8 300 6 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.65 m Freezing level: 582.69 mb = 4696.69 m = 15408.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.38 mb = 4041.12 m = 13258.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.84 mb = 3554.96 m = 11663.11 ft T: 8.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.71 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.71 mb = 3757.27 m = 12326.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 43.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1094.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.22 mb = 3599.91 m = 11810.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.22 mb = 3915.20 m = 12845.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.22 mb = 11422.24 m = 37474.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1089.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.22 mb = 14582.43 m = 47842.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.9 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 351.9 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 53.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.51 Bulk Shear: 104.13 m/s