MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.35,-102.27 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -102.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 515 2 900 1005 SFC 881 1195 31.9 17.4 42 14.5 21.5 163 15 316.3 319.1 299.0 361.2 14.38 4 850 1517 28.1 16.4 49 11.7 19.8 167 20 315.6 318.3 298.5 359.1 13.97 5 800 2051 22.9 15.4 63 7.5 17.6 170 20 315.5 318.2 298.4 358.8 13.87 6 750 2609 17.5 14.4 82 3.1 15.4 173 20 315.6 318.2 298.5 358.9 13.92 7 700 3195 12.7 10.6 87 2.1 11.3 203 19 316.6 318.8 297.2 352.8 11.55 8 650 3816 10.6 -7.2 28 17.7 2.0 272 9 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.44 9 600 4475 5.2 -14.1 23 19.3 -2.7 282 11 322.1 322.6 291.5 329.4 2.14 10 550 5176 -1.1 -19.3 24 18.2 -7.5 295 16 322.8 323.1 291.1 328.0 1.50 11 500 5926 -7.2 -29.9 14 22.7 -12.9 307 24 324.2 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.64 12 450 6736 -13.3 -40.7 8 27.4 -18.0 313 30 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.24 13 400 7621 -19.7 -44.3 9 24.6 -23.2 315 36 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.19 14 350 8599 -26.0 -52.6 6 26.6 -28.5 316 43 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.08 15 300 9696 -34.5 -48.1 24 13.6 -35.6 319 46 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 16 250 10944 -43.8 -48.9 57 5.1 -44.2 318 52 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.18 17 200 12406 -54.7 -61.9 40 7.2 -54.9 314 58 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14208 -62.9 -79.3 9 16.4 -63.0 287 25 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16694 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 186 9 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5873.06 m Freezing level: 558.78 mb = 5053.07 m = 16578.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 4083.97 m = 13398.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.83 mb = 3017.26 m = 9899.03 ft T: 14.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 32.39 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.57 mb = 3080.03 m = 10104.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.57 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 49.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3098.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.70 mb = 2995.11 m = 9826.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.70 mb = 3174.75 m = 10415.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 671.70 mb = 3540.72 m = 11616.40 ft B at Equ Level: 4.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.3 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 297.3 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: -9.5 tot: 109.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 27.79 Bulk Shear: 111.46 m/s