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: 40.43,-102.27 Latitude: 40.43 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 38 1 950 500 2 900 989 SFC 885 1145 30.9 16.7 42 14.2 20.8 147 14 314.9 317.5 298.1 357.2 13.62 4 850 1501 28.3 15.0 44 13.3 19.0 152 23 315.8 318.2 297.8 355.4 12.69 5 800 2035 23.2 14.1 56 9.1 16.9 159 24 315.9 318.3 297.8 355.6 12.73 6 750 2594 17.8 13.1 74 4.7 14.6 165 24 315.9 318.4 297.8 355.6 12.73 7 700 3180 12.6 12.3 98 0.2 12.4 179 24 316.4 318.9 298.1 357.1 13.00 8 650 3799 7.8 6.6 92 1.2 7.0 213 21 317.7 319.6 296.1 347.5 9.43 9 600 4454 3.3 -5.4 53 8.8 -1.0 278 15 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.8 4.26 10 550 5153 -2.3 -14.5 38 12.2 -7.0 301 20 321.4 321.8 291.5 329.0 2.26 11 500 5900 -8.7 -20.7 37 12.0 -12.5 300 28 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.5 1.47 12 450 6706 -14.8 -31.9 22 17.2 -18.4 300 39 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.8 0.58 13 400 7585 -20.7 -43.0 12 22.3 -23.8 306 41 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.22 14 350 8561 -27.3 -47.7 13 20.4 -29.4 309 36 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.15 15 300 9651 -36.0 -52.1 18 16.1 -37.1 309 41 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.10 16 250 10891 -45.0 -58.2 21 13.2 -45.6 312 63 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 17 200 12347 -54.8 -61.2 45 6.4 -54.9 308 77 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14169 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 288 34 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16689 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 208 12 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.23 m Freezing level: 570.17 mb = 4871.05 m = 15980.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.13 mb = 4371.15 m = 14340.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.96 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.63 mb = 2945.25 m = 9662.78 ft T: 14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.83 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.53 mb = 3245.76 m = 10648.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.49 C = 90.49 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -7.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 51.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 579.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2861.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.06 mb = 3143.16 m = 10312.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.06 mb = 3323.90 m = 10905.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.06 mb = 13082.80 m = 42922.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2850.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.51 Bulk Rich Number: 18.33 Bulk Shear: 156.13 m/s