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: 40.84,-102.9 Latitude: 40.84 Longitude: -102.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 1 950 463 2 900 950 SFC 873 1226 28.0 17.3 52 10.7 20.4 150 25 313.1 315.9 298.2 357.6 14.40 4 850 1459 26.6 16.6 54 10.0 19.5 154 43 314.1 316.8 298.2 357.9 14.14 5 800 1992 22.8 15.1 62 7.6 17.4 165 54 315.4 318.0 298.2 357.9 13.64 6 750 2551 18.5 12.6 68 6.0 14.5 178 49 316.7 319.1 297.7 355.2 12.31 7 700 3139 13.8 10.7 82 3.1 11.8 190 45 317.8 320.0 297.6 354.5 11.67 8 650 3761 10.1 -0.3 48 10.5 4.4 201 39 320.4 321.6 294.1 339.0 5.75 9 600 4420 4.5 -4.6 52 9.1 -0.1 208 36 321.3 322.2 293.3 336.1 4.53 10 550 5120 -1.7 -5.8 73 4.1 -3.7 228 40 322.1 323.0 293.5 336.8 4.50 11 500 5871 -7.6 -13.3 64 5.7 -9.9 250 44 323.7 324.3 292.5 332.9 2.74 12 450 6680 -14.3 -24.1 43 9.8 -17.0 266 53 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.4 1.21 13 400 7560 -21.3 -26.8 61 5.5 -22.6 282 62 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.0 1.06 14 350 8534 -26.1 -29.0 77 2.9 -26.7 296 67 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.2 1.00 15 300 9637 -31.8 -34.9 74 3.1 -32.3 307 62 340.6 340.7 295.1 343.1 0.66 16 250 10902 -41.3 -44.7 69 3.4 -41.6 313 55 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.28 17 200 12376 -52.9 -56.8 63 3.9 -53.0 323 60 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.09 18 150 14194 -60.4 -67.3 40 6.8 -60.6 294 39 366.0 366.0 299.9 366.1 0.03 19 100 16699 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 197 16 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.88 m Freezing level: 563.74 mb = 4927.69 m = 16166.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.09 mb = 4404.63 m = 14450.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.96 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.55 mb = 2590.41 m = 8498.61 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 21.78 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.38 mb = 3279.61 m = 10759.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.06 C = 91.51 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 47.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 669.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2521.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.13 mb = 2862.15 m = 9390.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.13 mb = 3912.47 m = 12836.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.13 mb = 13473.30 m = 44203.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2501.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 531.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.40 Bulk Rich Number: 10.55 Bulk Shear: 239.01 m/s