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: 40.77,-102.72 Latitude: 40.77 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 488 2 900 979 SFC 876 1217 32.2 15.5 37 16.6 20.4 150 16 317.1 319.5 298.1 357.1 12.76 4 850 1492 29.2 14.3 40 14.9 18.9 154 23 316.8 319.1 297.7 354.9 12.16 5 800 2028 24.0 13.2 51 10.8 16.6 158 24 316.7 319.0 297.5 354.3 11.99 6 750 2588 18.6 12.1 66 6.5 14.2 163 25 316.8 319.1 297.5 354.1 11.91 7 700 3175 13.1 11.3 88 1.9 11.9 176 26 317.0 319.4 297.7 354.9 12.08 8 650 3794 8.3 5.9 85 2.4 6.8 207 21 318.3 320.0 295.9 346.7 8.98 9 600 4451 3.6 -5.7 51 9.3 -0.9 267 14 320.3 321.1 292.8 333.9 4.18 10 550 5150 -2.0 -15.5 35 13.5 -7.1 289 19 321.8 322.2 291.4 328.8 2.08 11 500 5897 -8.6 -15.7 57 7.0 -11.2 286 28 322.5 323.0 291.7 330.1 2.25 12 450 6704 -14.7 -33.4 19 18.6 -18.6 292 39 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.51 13 400 7583 -20.6 -40.3 15 19.7 -23.6 301 39 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.28 14 350 8559 -27.3 -46.5 14 19.1 -29.4 305 35 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 15 300 9648 -36.1 -54.1 14 18.0 -37.2 305 41 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 16 250 10889 -45.0 -57.7 23 12.7 -45.6 309 63 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.06 17 200 12345 -54.9 -60.7 49 5.8 -55.0 304 78 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.05 18 150 14165 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 287 35 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16686 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 208 10 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.13 m Freezing level: 567.62 mb = 4903.19 m = 16086.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.98 mb = 4369.34 m = 14334.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.65 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.73 mb = 3310.72 m = 10861.81 ft T: 12.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 2.97 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.78 mb = 3469.37 m = 11382.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 50.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 598.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2679.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.82 mb = 3370.55 m = 11058.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.82 mb = 3555.93 m = 11666.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.82 mb = 13052.97 m = 42824.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2664.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.9 neg: -2.6 tot: 185.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 18.76 Bulk Shear: 142.85 m/s