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: 40.86,-103.19 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 1 950 459 2 900 946 SFC 867 1283 27.9 16.7 50 11.2 19.9 165 21 313.7 316.3 298.1 356.7 13.92 4 850 1456 27.3 16.1 50 11.2 19.4 166 36 314.7 317.3 298.1 357.1 13.64 5 800 1990 23.6 14.3 56 9.3 17.1 173 53 316.3 318.8 298.0 356.6 12.90 6 750 2550 19.2 12.3 64 6.8 14.5 186 52 317.4 319.7 297.8 355.4 12.10 7 700 3139 14.1 10.8 80 3.4 11.9 200 49 318.2 320.4 297.7 355.0 11.70 8 650 3761 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.2 213 48 319.6 321.4 296.3 348.3 9.02 9 600 4419 4.1 -0.2 74 4.3 1.7 229 45 320.8 322.1 294.6 341.1 6.29 10 550 5120 -1.6 -5.2 77 3.6 -3.4 245 48 322.2 323.1 293.7 337.6 4.73 11 500 5871 -7.7 -13.4 63 5.8 -9.9 265 52 323.7 324.2 292.4 332.8 2.71 12 450 6680 -13.8 -25.3 37 11.4 -16.9 278 60 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.7 1.09 13 400 7563 -19.8 -35.3 24 15.5 -22.6 294 67 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.1 0.47 14 350 8541 -26.0 -31.1 62 5.1 -27.0 306 72 333.7 333.8 293.5 336.7 0.82 15 300 9643 -32.3 -35.5 73 3.2 -32.7 318 69 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.3 0.62 16 250 10907 -41.2 -44.5 70 3.4 -41.5 327 63 344.9 344.9 295.7 346.0 0.29 17 200 12382 -52.8 -56.7 63 3.9 -52.9 338 59 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14193 -61.8 -67.8 45 6.0 -61.9 307 39 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.8 0.03 19 100 16693 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 192 15 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.73 m Freezing level: 564.19 mb = 4921.21 m = 16145.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.14 mb = 4648.94 m = 15252.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.69 mb = 2714.59 m = 8906.03 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 27.34 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.76 mb = 3422.59 m = 11228.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 47.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 659.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2314.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.34 mb = 3062.36 m = 10047.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.34 mb = 3743.64 m = 12282.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.34 mb = 13355.69 m = 43817.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2308.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 728.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 728.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.24 Bulk Rich Number: 7.59 Bulk Shear: 305.18 m/s