MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.74,-102.61 Latitude: 37.74 Longitude: -102.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 510 2 900 1001 SFC 872 1287 32.8 17.0 39 15.8 21.4 169 16 318.2 320.9 299.2 362.5 14.08 4 850 1513 28.4 15.8 46 12.6 19.5 171 18 315.9 318.5 298.2 357.7 13.38 5 800 2047 23.0 14.7 60 8.3 17.2 174 19 315.7 318.3 298.1 357.2 13.31 6 750 2606 17.5 13.7 78 3.9 14.9 177 19 315.6 318.1 298.1 356.9 13.24 7 700 3192 13.5 7.5 67 6.0 9.7 220 16 317.4 319.2 296.0 346.9 9.35 8 650 3812 9.8 -3.8 38 13.6 2.8 257 12 320.1 320.9 292.9 334.5 4.45 9 600 4470 4.8 -15.9 21 20.8 -3.3 274 9 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.0 1.84 10 550 5171 -1.5 -18.6 26 17.1 -7.5 287 14 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.8 1.61 11 500 5919 -8.1 -21.5 33 13.3 -12.3 297 20 323.1 323.4 291.1 327.9 1.37 12 450 6727 -14.1 -33.5 18 19.4 -18.1 302 29 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.50 13 400 7610 -20.4 -45.9 8 25.4 -23.7 310 37 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 14 350 8586 -26.5 -51.3 8 24.8 -28.9 310 46 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 15 300 9681 -34.4 -50.6 18 16.2 -35.7 314 56 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.12 16 250 10931 -43.5 -54.2 30 10.7 -44.0 316 62 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.8 0.10 17 200 12395 -53.4 -66.0 20 12.5 -53.7 313 59 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14205 -62.7 -78.7 10 16.0 -62.9 292 26 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16683 -63.9 -84.8 4 20.9 -64.0 174 12 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5869.83 m Freezing level: 561.68 mb = 5007.02 m = 16427.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.24 mb = 4105.14 m = 13468.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.53 mb = 3269.72 m = 10727.30 ft T: 13.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 34.67 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.33 mb = 3357.09 m = 11013.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 46.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 602.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2864.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.38 mb = 3114.92 m = 10219.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.38 mb = 3794.37 m = 12448.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.38 mb = 13744.80 m = 45093.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2855.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 32.39 Bulk Shear: 88.45 m/s