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: 40.98,-102.05 Latitude: 40.98 Longitude: -102.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 515 2 900 1003 SFC 891 1089 32.4 16.8 39 15.5 21.3 152 14 315.7 318.3 298.4 358.3 13.65 4 850 1512 26.3 15.0 50 11.3 18.4 154 16 313.7 316.1 297.3 353.0 12.72 5 800 2042 21.1 13.7 63 7.3 16.1 156 17 313.6 316.0 297.1 352.1 12.45 6 750 2597 17.2 0.6 32 16.6 7.9 175 14 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.2 5.33 7 700 3180 12.7 -2.3 35 15.0 4.8 214 15 316.5 317.4 292.1 331.3 4.62 8 650 3796 7.5 -1.4 53 8.9 2.8 235 16 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.5 5.32 9 600 4449 2.3 -7.3 49 9.6 -2.1 259 16 318.8 319.5 291.9 330.8 3.68 10 550 5145 -3.4 -10.0 60 6.7 -6.2 290 19 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.8 3.24 11 500 5890 -9.4 -12.9 75 3.6 -10.7 296 23 321.6 322.2 292.0 331.1 2.83 12 450 6693 -16.0 -22.0 60 6.0 -17.7 296 27 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.45 13 400 7571 -21.4 -33.4 33 11.9 -23.7 307 29 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.57 14 350 8543 -27.8 -47.5 13 19.7 -29.9 312 34 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.15 15 300 9629 -36.9 -50.5 23 13.6 -37.8 312 40 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 16 250 10865 -46.0 -56.2 31 10.2 -46.4 306 55 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.08 17 200 12320 -53.9 -67.5 17 13.6 -54.2 305 66 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14153 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 290 32 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16680 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.9 242 10 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.03 m Freezing level: 579.64 mb = 4732.19 m = 15525.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.82 mb = 4157.55 m = 13640.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.17 mb = 3034.39 m = 9955.22 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 26.93 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.89 mb = 3276.95 m = 10751.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2705.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.28 mb = 2973.85 m = 9756.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.28 mb = 3516.02 m = 11535.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.28 mb = 12911.15 m = 42358.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2684.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.5 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 286.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.24 Bulk Rich Number: 28.57 Bulk Shear: 94.70 m/s