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,-103.01 Latitude: 40.84 Longitude: -103.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 1 950 460 2 900 948 SFC 871 1242 28.1 17.1 51 10.9 20.3 155 25 313.4 316.1 298.2 357.4 14.24 4 850 1457 26.9 16.6 53 10.4 19.6 158 42 314.4 317.1 298.3 358.0 14.09 5 800 1990 23.0 14.8 60 8.2 17.3 168 55 315.7 318.3 298.2 357.4 13.36 6 750 2550 18.9 12.6 67 6.3 14.6 181 51 317.1 319.4 297.8 355.6 12.29 7 700 3138 13.9 11.0 83 2.9 12.0 193 47 317.8 320.1 297.7 355.2 11.87 8 650 3760 9.9 2.1 58 7.9 5.4 206 43 320.2 321.5 294.8 342.2 6.84 9 600 4418 4.3 -2.9 60 7.1 0.5 217 40 321.1 322.1 293.8 337.9 5.17 10 550 5119 -1.7 -5.9 73 4.2 -3.7 235 44 322.1 323.0 293.5 336.8 4.50 11 500 5870 -7.6 -13.6 62 6.0 -9.9 256 47 323.8 324.3 292.4 332.8 2.67 12 450 6679 -14.1 -24.9 40 10.8 -16.9 271 56 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.5 1.13 13 400 7560 -20.6 -29.6 45 8.9 -22.5 287 65 328.2 328.3 292.0 331.2 0.83 14 350 8536 -26.1 -29.3 75 3.2 -26.8 300 70 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.1 0.97 15 300 9639 -31.9 -35.0 74 3.1 -32.4 311 66 340.4 340.6 295.0 342.9 0.65 16 250 10904 -41.2 -44.5 70 3.3 -41.5 319 59 344.8 344.9 295.7 346.0 0.29 17 200 12379 -52.8 -56.7 63 3.9 -52.9 329 59 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14194 -61.0 -67.6 41 6.6 -61.1 297 39 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.2 0.03 19 100 16697 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 195 16 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.32 m Freezing level: 564.04 mb = 4922.35 m = 16149.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.52 mb = 4505.96 m = 14783.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.49 mb = 2635.51 m = 8646.57 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 28.50 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.57 mb = 3325.15 m = 10909.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.50 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -7.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 48.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 673.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2458.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.43 mb = 2928.43 m = 9607.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.43 mb = 3856.08 m = 12651.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.43 mb = 13314.55 m = 43682.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2456.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 619.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 619.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.84 Bulk Shear: 278.00 m/s