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: 40.79,-102.84 Latitude: 40.79 Longitude: -102.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 484 2 900 976 SFC 876 1224 32.4 15.5 36 16.9 20.4 150 16 317.3 319.8 298.1 357.3 12.73 4 850 1490 29.5 14.3 39 15.3 18.9 154 23 317.1 319.4 297.7 355.1 12.12 5 800 2026 24.3 13.0 49 11.3 16.6 158 24 317.1 319.3 297.5 354.3 11.89 6 750 2586 18.9 11.9 64 7.1 14.1 164 25 317.1 319.4 297.5 353.9 11.73 7 700 3174 13.3 11.0 86 2.4 11.7 174 26 317.2 319.5 297.5 354.4 11.84 8 650 3794 8.3 6.6 89 1.7 7.2 204 22 318.4 320.2 296.3 348.2 9.44 9 600 4450 3.5 -4.5 55 8.1 -0.5 259 14 320.2 321.1 293.0 335.0 4.55 10 550 5149 -1.9 -15.3 35 13.5 -7.0 285 19 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.0 2.11 11 500 5897 -8.5 -15.2 58 6.7 -11.0 283 28 322.7 323.1 291.9 330.6 2.34 12 450 6704 -14.7 -33.4 19 18.7 -18.5 290 40 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.51 13 400 7584 -20.6 -41.7 13 21.1 -23.7 300 39 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.25 14 350 8559 -27.3 -47.4 13 20.2 -29.4 305 35 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.15 15 300 9649 -36.1 -54.6 13 18.6 -37.2 304 42 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10890 -45.0 -57.1 24 12.2 -45.5 309 63 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 12345 -54.9 -60.5 50 5.6 -55.1 303 77 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.06 18 150 14165 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 287 35 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16686 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 208 10 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5873.38 m Freezing level: 567.27 mb = 4907.77 m = 16101.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.28 mb = 4405.52 m = 14453.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.60 mb = 3348.03 m = 10984.23 ft T: 11.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.36 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3504.98 m = 11499.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 49.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 603.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2683.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.82 mb = 3418.87 m = 11216.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.82 mb = 3605.45 m = 11828.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.82 mb = 13196.80 m = 43296.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2649.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.10 Bulk Rich Number: 19.69 Bulk Shear: 136.24 m/s