MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.52,-102.88 Latitude: 40.52 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 1 950 481 2 900 967 SFC 867 1300 27.2 17.1 54 10.0 20.1 153 22 312.9 315.6 298.1 357.1 14.34 4 850 1476 26.5 16.8 55 9.7 19.6 157 38 313.9 316.6 298.3 358.1 14.27 5 800 2008 22.5 15.2 63 7.3 17.4 168 48 315.2 317.8 298.2 357.8 13.72 6 750 2567 18.3 13.2 72 5.1 14.8 183 42 316.4 318.9 298.0 356.5 12.81 7 700 3155 13.9 10.7 81 3.2 11.7 200 37 317.9 320.1 297.6 354.4 11.61 8 650 3777 10.8 -5.9 30 16.7 2.5 215 29 321.2 322.0 292.7 333.7 3.79 9 600 4436 5.0 -8.4 37 13.4 -1.3 224 26 321.9 322.5 292.5 333.0 3.37 10 550 5138 -1.4 -5.9 71 4.5 -3.6 246 30 322.5 323.3 293.6 337.2 4.49 11 500 5889 -7.3 -16.5 48 9.2 -10.6 270 36 324.1 324.5 292.1 331.3 2.11 12 450 6698 -14.3 -19.5 65 5.2 -16.0 274 40 325.2 325.6 292.1 331.4 1.81 13 400 7580 -20.4 -42.0 13 21.6 -23.5 289 49 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 14 350 8557 -26.2 -44.2 17 18.0 -28.4 298 57 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.21 15 300 9653 -33.9 -39.7 56 5.8 -34.6 304 62 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.1 0.40 16 250 10908 -42.5 -46.2 67 3.7 -42.8 310 64 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.24 17 200 12378 -53.6 -57.6 61 4.0 -53.7 317 59 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.2 0.08 18 150 14184 -60.0 -81.4 4 21.4 -60.2 292 41 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16688 -63.8 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 197 14 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.19 m Freezing level: 560.78 mb = 4986.78 m = 16360.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.92 mb = 4207.19 m = 13802.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.77 mb = 2580.85 m = 8467.24 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 25.03 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.59 mb = 3354.00 m = 11003.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 47.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 629.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2673.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.43 mb = 2862.60 m = 9391.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.43 mb = 4041.85 m = 13260.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.43 mb = 13419.27 m = 44025.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2659.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 438.7 neg: -15.9 tot: 422.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.33 Bulk Rich Number: 12.47 Bulk Shear: 214.47 m/s