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: 40.50,-102.85 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 1 950 485 2 900 977 SFC 869 1297 31.9 15.8 38 16.0 20.5 154 16 317.6 320.1 298.5 358.8 13.13 4 850 1491 29.8 14.8 40 15.0 19.2 157 22 317.3 319.7 298.0 356.6 12.53 5 800 2027 24.5 13.7 51 10.8 17.1 161 24 317.3 319.7 298.0 356.3 12.45 6 750 2588 19.0 12.6 66 6.4 14.7 166 24 317.3 319.6 297.9 355.9 12.32 7 700 3176 13.5 11.5 88 2.0 12.1 175 24 317.5 319.8 297.9 356.0 12.29 8 650 3796 8.4 6.6 88 1.8 7.2 199 20 318.5 320.3 296.3 348.3 9.43 9 600 4453 3.4 -4.1 58 7.6 -0.4 252 13 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.3 4.70 10 550 5152 -1.8 -15.4 35 13.5 -7.0 287 18 321.9 322.3 291.4 329.0 2.10 11 500 5900 -8.2 -17.0 49 8.8 -11.3 284 27 323.0 323.4 291.7 329.9 2.02 12 450 6707 -14.8 -25.8 39 11.0 -17.6 293 40 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.2 1.03 13 400 7588 -20.6 -44.5 10 23.9 -23.8 301 42 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.18 14 350 8563 -27.1 -51.0 9 23.9 -29.3 306 35 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 15 300 9653 -35.8 -55.2 12 19.4 -37.0 307 44 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 16 250 10895 -45.0 -55.9 28 10.9 -45.4 310 63 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 17 200 12351 -55.0 -60.1 53 5.1 -55.1 304 75 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 18 150 14170 -57.4 -80.9 3 23.6 -57.6 286 33 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16686 -62.6 -85.2 3 22.5 -62.9 206 12 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.76 m Freezing level: 567.49 mb = 4907.21 m = 16099.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.56 mb = 4417.77 m = 14493.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.38 mb = 3316.42 m = 10880.50 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 2.88 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.12 mb = 3441.96 m = 11292.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -7.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 50.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 613.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2944.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.65 mb = 3374.07 m = 11069.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.65 mb = 3559.63 m = 11678.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.65 mb = 13428.76 m = 44057.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2900.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: -4.2 tot: 141.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 21.44 Bulk Shear: 137.29 m/s