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: 40.98,-102.61 Latitude: 40.98 Longitude: -102.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 473 2 900 959 SFC 878 1183 28.0 17.1 52 10.9 20.2 130 24 312.6 315.3 297.9 356.1 14.13 4 850 1467 26.2 16.4 55 9.8 19.3 140 43 313.6 316.3 298.1 356.8 13.97 5 800 1999 22.0 15.6 67 6.4 17.5 155 49 314.6 317.3 298.3 358.1 14.03 6 750 2556 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.1 163 44 315.4 318.0 298.2 357.8 13.61 7 700 3143 13.4 10.2 81 3.2 11.3 170 35 317.3 319.5 297.2 352.5 11.21 8 650 3763 9.6 0.0 51 9.5 4.2 169 26 319.8 320.9 294.0 338.8 5.91 9 600 4421 4.2 -6.8 44 11.0 -1.1 173 24 321.0 321.7 292.7 333.5 3.82 10 550 5121 -2.0 -7.3 67 5.3 -4.4 204 32 321.7 322.5 293.0 334.9 4.02 11 500 5870 -8.3 -11.4 78 3.1 -9.5 228 39 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.7 3.21 12 450 6677 -14.7 -17.2 81 2.5 -15.6 248 47 324.7 325.1 292.3 332.2 2.20 13 400 7557 -21.4 -24.0 80 2.6 -22.1 265 49 327.1 327.4 292.2 332.0 1.37 14 350 8532 -25.8 -28.7 77 2.8 -26.4 281 45 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.7 1.03 15 300 9635 -32.0 -35.2 73 3.2 -32.5 293 43 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.7 0.64 16 250 10897 -41.9 -45.3 69 3.4 -42.1 296 49 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.27 17 200 12369 -52.9 -56.8 63 3.9 -53.0 306 73 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.09 18 150 14197 -58.4 -63.4 52 5.0 -58.5 288 36 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.6 0.05 19 100 16706 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 200 16 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.57 m Freezing level: 566.04 mb = 4896.41 m = 16064.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.25 mb = 4281.81 m = 14047.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.34 mb = 2563.57 m = 8410.56 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.59 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.98 mb = 3130.94 m = 10271.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 47.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 675.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2536.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.36 mb = 2746.85 m = 9011.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.36 mb = 3656.21 m = 11995.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.36 mb = 13096.61 m = 42967.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2534.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.2 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 222.2 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 383.7 neg: -86.4 tot: 297.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.08 Bulk Rich Number: 17.42 Bulk Shear: 145.65 m/s