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: 38.86,-102.32 Latitude: 38.86 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 47 1 950 509 2 900 998 SFC 871 1292 30.6 17.4 45 13.1 21.1 161 16 316.0 318.8 299.0 361.3 14.53 4 850 1510 28.0 16.1 48 11.9 19.6 164 22 315.5 318.1 298.3 358.1 13.66 5 800 2044 22.9 15.0 61 7.8 17.4 167 23 315.5 318.1 298.2 357.7 13.55 6 750 2602 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.1 171 23 315.5 318.1 298.3 358.0 13.64 7 700 3188 12.6 10.6 87 2.0 11.3 197 21 316.5 318.7 297.2 352.6 11.55 8 650 3807 10.5 -8.2 26 18.8 1.6 262 13 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.3 3.16 9 600 4466 4.8 -13.6 25 18.4 -2.9 279 11 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.2 2.23 10 550 5166 -1.7 -14.6 37 12.9 -6.7 294 15 322.0 322.5 291.6 329.6 2.25 11 500 5915 -8.0 -23.9 26 16.0 -12.6 298 24 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.2 1.11 12 450 6723 -14.0 -33.9 17 20.0 -18.0 310 33 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.48 13 400 7605 -20.3 -44.1 10 23.8 -23.5 311 39 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.19 14 350 8581 -26.4 -51.3 8 24.9 -28.8 314 43 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 15 300 9676 -34.9 -53.2 14 18.4 -36.1 317 52 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.09 16 250 10921 -44.5 -50.5 52 5.9 -44.9 317 59 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.15 17 200 12379 -55.0 -62.0 42 6.9 -55.2 310 67 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14189 -60.1 -82.4 4 22.3 -60.3 291 29 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16692 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 192 11 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.05 m Freezing level: 563.24 mb = 4980.81 m = 16341.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.01 mb = 4038.29 m = 13248.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.86 mb = 2950.47 m = 9679.91 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 28.80 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.54 mb = 3109.02 m = 10200.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 50.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3034.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.34 mb = 3015.86 m = 9894.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.34 mb = 3943.48 m = 12937.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.34 mb = 13809.38 m = 45305.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2990.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 141.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 22.61 Bulk Shear: 134.24 m/s