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: 40.57,-102.50 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -102.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 515 2 900 1002 SFC 880 1204 30.9 17.7 45 13.2 21.4 133 15 315.4 318.2 298.9 360.9 14.62 4 850 1511 26.0 16.2 55 9.8 19.1 135 17 313.4 316.0 297.8 355.7 13.72 5 800 2041 20.8 14.8 68 6.0 16.6 140 17 313.3 315.9 297.6 354.4 13.32 6 750 2596 17.2 4.1 42 13.1 9.5 187 16 315.3 316.6 293.6 336.9 6.87 7 700 3180 12.9 2.9 50 10.0 7.1 219 21 316.8 318.1 293.9 338.1 6.73 8 650 3798 9.1 -9.8 25 18.9 0.5 256 18 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.5 2.79 9 600 4454 3.4 -12.1 31 15.5 -3.1 314 16 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.5 2.52 10 550 5151 -2.8 -15.7 36 12.9 -7.6 315 20 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.6 2.05 11 500 5896 -9.4 -20.5 40 11.1 -12.9 304 24 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.7 1.50 12 450 6699 -16.0 -28.4 34 12.4 -18.8 292 29 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.0 0.82 13 400 7575 -21.1 -45.7 9 24.6 -24.2 301 39 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.16 14 350 8548 -27.7 -45.2 17 17.6 -29.6 304 38 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.19 15 300 9638 -35.8 -53.8 14 18.1 -37.0 303 40 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 16 250 10878 -45.0 -60.1 17 15.0 -45.6 304 62 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 17 200 12337 -54.3 -66.7 20 12.4 -54.6 301 73 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14161 -58.4 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 268 36 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16679 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.2 204 7 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.28 m Freezing level: 572.58 mb = 4836.04 m = 15866.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.47 mb = 3893.62 m = 12774.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.23 mb = 2868.54 m = 9411.10 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 24.07 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.97 mb = 3216.10 m = 10551.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -8.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -8.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 41.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2782.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.32 mb = 2844.15 m = 9331.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.32 mb = 3882.74 m = 12738.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.32 mb = 13244.29 m = 43451.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2751.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 236.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.41 Bulk Rich Number: 17.46 Bulk Shear: 159.35 m/s