MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.42,-102.29 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -102.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 524 2 900 1013 SFC 881 1205 32.3 17.7 42 14.6 21.8 165 16 316.7 319.5 299.2 362.4 14.60 4 850 1523 26.9 16.3 52 10.5 19.4 167 18 314.3 317.0 298.2 357.4 13.89 5 800 2055 21.6 15.4 68 6.3 17.2 171 19 314.2 316.8 298.1 357.1 13.85 6 750 2611 16.6 12.5 77 4.1 13.8 184 17 314.6 316.9 297.2 352.7 12.26 7 700 3196 13.3 3.7 52 9.7 7.6 227 16 317.2 318.6 294.3 339.8 7.13 8 650 3815 9.0 -2.3 45 11.3 3.1 242 13 319.2 320.1 293.2 335.3 4.99 9 600 4472 4.4 -13.0 27 17.4 -2.9 281 15 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.1 2.35 10 550 5172 -1.7 -15.3 35 13.6 -6.9 297 18 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.2 2.12 11 500 5920 -8.0 -26.0 22 18.0 -12.9 300 26 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.5 0.92 12 450 6729 -13.6 -38.8 10 25.2 -18.1 305 33 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.30 13 400 7613 -19.6 -45.6 8 26.0 -23.1 307 37 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 14 350 8590 -26.5 -47.1 13 20.6 -28.7 309 41 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.16 15 300 9686 -34.4 -45.1 33 10.7 -35.4 310 46 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 16 250 10936 -43.4 -51.1 42 7.7 -43.8 311 56 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.14 17 200 12401 -54.1 -65.2 24 11.1 -54.3 303 55 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14205 -63.1 -77.6 12 14.5 -63.2 276 26 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16682 -65.2 -85.2 5 20.0 -65.4 172 6 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.02 m Freezing level: 563.94 mb = 4976.90 m = 16328.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.09 mb = 4148.89 m = 13611.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.19 mb = 3037.74 m = 9966.22 ft T: 14.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 33.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.98 mb = 3184.09 m = 10446.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -7.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -7.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 41.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2871.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.10 mb = 2885.70 m = 9467.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.10 mb = 3548.08 m = 11640.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.10 mb = 13757.29 m = 45134.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2867.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 100.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 24.87 Bulk Shear: 115.47 m/s