MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 39.95,-102.27 Latitude: 39.95 Longitude: -102.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 529 2 900 1023 SFC 887 1154 33.8 19.8 44 13.9 23.5 117 14 317.6 320.8 300.5 370.0 16.66 4 850 1538 29.4 18.5 52 10.9 21.5 123 19 316.9 320.0 300.0 367.1 15.99 5 800 2075 24.3 17.3 65 7.0 19.2 140 18 317.1 320.1 299.9 366.4 15.73 6 750 2637 19.5 14.7 74 4.9 16.1 165 13 317.8 320.5 299.1 362.3 14.16 7 700 3227 14.5 10.9 79 3.7 12.1 191 10 318.6 320.9 297.8 355.7 11.77 8 650 3849 9.5 4.5 71 5.0 6.5 232 9 319.7 321.3 295.7 345.6 8.13 9 600 4508 4.5 -6.1 46 10.6 -0.7 272 16 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.5 4.03 10 550 5209 -1.2 -13.0 40 11.7 -6.0 286 25 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.2 2.56 11 500 5959 -7.5 -19.5 37 12.1 -11.5 290 29 323.9 324.2 291.6 329.5 1.62 12 450 6769 -13.2 -29.6 24 16.4 -17.1 295 30 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.73 13 400 7655 -19.1 -37.6 18 18.5 -22.3 293 31 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.38 14 350 8634 -26.6 -36.8 38 10.2 -28.2 291 29 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.47 15 300 9728 -35.1 -40.5 58 5.4 -35.7 292 39 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.3 0.37 16 250 10972 -45.4 -51.3 52 5.8 -45.7 291 45 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.14 17 200 12423 -54.7 -68.7 16 14.0 -54.9 296 51 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14224 -62.4 -77.2 12 14.8 -62.6 288 35 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16692 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.0 277 19 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5885.23 m Freezing level: 560.75 mb = 5057.84 m = 16593.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.78 mb = 4442.44 m = 14574.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.53 % Est. max temperature: 34.14 C = 93.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.08 mb = 2914.21 m = 9560.94 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 40.71 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.43 mb = 3088.71 m = 10133.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -10.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -9.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.89 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 51.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4742.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 97.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.15 mb = 2937.06 m = 9635.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.15 mb = 3237.46 m = 10621.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.15 mb = 14681.50 m = 48167.07 ft B at Equ Level: 4716.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.44 Bulk Rich Number: 29.58 Bulk Shear: 160.31 m/s