MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.53,-102.41 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -102.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 571 2 900 1040 SFC 886 1179 16.5 16.0 97 0.5 16.2 128 4 299.9 302.3 293.8 337.9 13.00 4 850 1534 20.5 13.6 65 6.9 15.9 157 23 307.6 309.8 295.0 342.8 11.63 5 800 2057 19.0 8.8 52 10.2 12.6 176 18 311.4 313.1 294.0 338.8 8.91 6 750 2607 14.7 7.2 61 7.4 10.1 203 13 312.5 314.1 294.0 338.9 8.54 7 700 3187 11.0 -0.6 45 11.6 4.8 312 5 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.2 5.24 8 650 3800 6.4 -3.5 49 9.9 1.4 344 20 316.2 317.0 291.9 330.7 4.53 9 600 4449 0.5 -5.6 63 6.1 -2.4 335 24 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.19 10 550 5140 -5.5 -10.3 69 4.7 -7.5 324 32 317.5 318.1 291.1 327.9 3.19 11 500 5880 -9.8 -29.2 19 19.4 -14.5 323 32 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.5 0.68 12 450 6685 -14.4 -39.3 10 24.9 -18.8 315 28 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 13 400 7566 -20.3 -46.2 8 25.9 -23.7 312 38 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.15 14 350 8542 -26.9 -48.6 11 21.7 -29.1 315 40 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 15 300 9631 -36.5 -50.2 23 13.7 -37.5 314 62 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 16 250 10870 -45.0 -61.6 14 16.7 -45.5 309 65 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 17 200 12341 -49.1 -73.3 4 24.3 -49.6 304 57 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14175 -59.9 -80.9 5 21.0 -60.1 304 40 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16689 -64.1 -88.2 2 24.1 -64.3 320 6 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.34 m Freezing level: 595.90 mb = 4505.97 m = 14783.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.91 mb = 4028.89 m = 13217.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.82 mb = 1245.28 m = 4085.51 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.20 mb = 3436.29 m = 11273.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 231.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.41 mb = 2579.85 m = 8463.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.41 mb = 4217.24 m = 13835.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.41 mb = 10938.85 m = 35888.18 ft B at Equ Level: 643.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.41 mb = 13104.90 m = 42994.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 346.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.4 neg: -23.2 tot: 174.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 187.32 m/s