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: 40.82,-102.93 Latitude: 40.82 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 482 2 900 974 SFC 875 1228 32.5 15.4 36 17.1 20.4 150 16 317.6 320.0 298.2 357.3 12.66 4 850 1488 29.8 14.2 39 15.6 18.9 153 22 317.3 319.6 297.7 355.1 12.03 5 800 2024 24.5 13.0 49 11.5 16.6 158 24 317.3 319.6 297.6 354.5 11.85 6 750 2585 19.1 11.8 62 7.4 14.1 165 25 317.3 319.6 297.5 353.9 11.64 7 700 3173 13.5 10.7 83 2.8 11.7 172 25 317.4 319.7 297.5 354.0 11.66 8 650 3793 8.3 6.8 90 1.5 7.4 201 22 318.4 320.3 296.4 348.8 9.62 9 600 4450 3.6 -4.6 55 8.2 -0.5 253 13 320.3 321.1 293.0 335.0 4.52 10 550 5149 -1.8 -15.1 35 13.3 -7.0 281 19 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.15 11 500 5897 -8.4 -15.1 59 6.7 -10.9 281 28 322.7 323.2 291.9 330.7 2.36 12 450 6704 -14.7 -33.5 18 18.9 -18.5 289 40 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.50 13 400 7584 -20.6 -42.4 12 21.8 -23.7 299 39 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.23 14 350 8559 -27.2 -48.2 12 20.9 -29.3 304 34 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.14 15 300 9649 -36.0 -54.7 13 18.7 -37.2 304 43 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10890 -45.0 -56.8 25 11.9 -45.4 309 63 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 12346 -54.9 -60.4 51 5.5 -55.1 303 77 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14165 -57.0 -81.5 3 24.6 -57.2 287 35 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16685 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 207 9 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.53 m Freezing level: 566.95 mb = 4911.94 m = 16115.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.21 mb = 4406.09 m = 14455.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.86 mb = 3380.80 m = 11091.73 ft T: 11.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 3.43 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.61 mb = 3532.27 m = 11588.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 49.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 603.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2677.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.75 mb = 3456.03 m = 11338.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.75 mb = 3643.51 m = 11953.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.75 mb = 13309.01 m = 43664.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2629.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.8 neg: -4.2 tot: 167.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.99 Bulk Rich Number: 20.41 Bulk Shear: 131.20 m/s