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: 40.89,-103.12 Latitude: 40.89 Longitude: -103.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 1 950 457 2 900 944 SFC 867 1279 27.7 17.0 52 10.7 20.1 161 22 313.4 316.1 298.1 357.2 14.18 4 850 1453 27.0 16.4 52 10.6 19.5 162 38 314.5 317.2 298.2 357.8 13.96 5 800 1987 23.3 14.4 57 8.9 17.1 170 55 316.0 318.5 298.0 356.7 13.04 6 750 2547 19.0 12.4 65 6.6 14.5 183 53 317.2 319.5 297.7 355.3 12.13 7 700 3136 14.0 10.8 81 3.3 11.9 195 50 318.0 320.3 297.7 354.8 11.68 8 650 3757 9.3 5.8 79 3.5 7.2 209 48 319.5 321.3 296.2 348.0 8.97 9 600 4415 4.0 -0.7 72 4.7 1.4 222 46 320.8 321.9 294.4 340.4 6.08 10 550 5116 -1.7 -4.8 79 3.1 -3.2 237 48 322.1 323.0 293.9 338.0 4.88 11 500 5867 -7.5 -12.6 67 5.1 -9.5 258 52 323.9 324.5 292.7 333.7 2.91 12 450 6677 -13.7 -23.4 44 9.7 -16.4 274 61 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.6 1.29 13 400 7559 -20.3 -29.4 44 9.1 -22.2 289 69 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.6 0.83 14 350 8536 -26.0 -29.5 72 3.5 -26.7 303 72 333.7 333.9 293.6 337.2 0.95 15 300 9640 -31.9 -35.1 74 3.1 -32.4 316 69 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.8 0.65 16 250 10905 -41.0 -44.3 70 3.3 -41.3 325 62 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.4 0.30 17 200 12380 -52.7 -56.6 63 3.9 -52.9 337 61 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.09 18 150 14195 -61.2 -66.6 49 5.4 -61.3 304 37 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.03 19 100 16697 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 194 16 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.85 m Freezing level: 564.78 mb = 4908.55 m = 16103.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.60 mb = 4624.57 m = 15172.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.32 mb = 2645.95 m = 8680.84 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 27.25 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.05 mb = 3365.56 m = 11041.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.85 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 47.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 663.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2340.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.19 mb = 3000.18 m = 9842.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.19 mb = 3677.40 m = 12064.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.19 mb = 13548.48 m = 44449.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2314.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 725.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 725.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 241.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.45 Bulk Rich Number: 7.89 Bulk Shear: 296.65 m/s