MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-102.37 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 504 2 900 995 SFC 869 1312 32.7 17.1 39 15.6 21.5 173 14 318.4 321.2 299.3 363.3 14.25 4 850 1508 29.1 15.7 44 13.3 19.6 175 16 316.6 319.2 298.4 358.3 13.35 5 800 2044 23.7 14.6 57 9.0 17.4 179 17 316.4 318.9 298.2 357.7 13.22 6 750 2603 18.2 13.5 74 4.7 15.0 182 17 316.3 318.8 298.1 357.1 13.06 7 700 3190 12.6 11.7 94 0.9 12.0 193 17 316.4 318.8 297.8 355.3 12.45 8 650 3809 9.6 -1.7 45 11.2 3.5 250 20 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.6 5.21 9 600 4466 4.0 -12.4 29 16.5 -2.9 275 15 320.8 321.2 291.4 329.0 2.45 10 550 5165 -2.3 -14.9 37 12.6 -7.1 296 16 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.18 11 500 5912 -8.5 -24.3 27 15.8 -13.0 301 25 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.07 12 450 6719 -14.2 -36.3 14 22.1 -18.4 302 34 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.38 13 400 7599 -21.1 -42.3 13 21.2 -24.0 305 41 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.23 14 350 8572 -27.3 -50.2 10 22.9 -29.5 311 47 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.11 15 300 9663 -35.4 -53.6 14 18.1 -36.7 313 54 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.09 16 250 10908 -44.1 -60.1 15 16.0 -44.7 316 66 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 17 200 12371 -53.9 -65.5 23 11.6 -54.2 312 73 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14183 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.1 289 35 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16685 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 231 11 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5869.55 m Freezing level: 568.28 mb = 4909.36 m = 16106.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.57 mb = 4163.07 m = 13658.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.42 mb = 3268.97 m = 10724.84 ft T: 12.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 36.86 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.76 mb = 3168.81 m = 10396.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Cap Strength: -0.19 C Lifted Index: -8.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -8.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 52.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 626.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3145.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.87 mb = 3191.74 m = 10471.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.87 mb = 3251.63 m = 10667.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.87 mb = 13588.00 m = 44579.49 ft B at Equ Level: 3121.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 132.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 31.96 Bulk Shear: 98.41 m/s