MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.17,-102.32 Latitude: 37.17 Longitude: -102.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 523 2 900 1011 SFC 881 1205 30.7 16.1 41 14.7 20.4 164 16 315.1 317.6 297.9 356.0 13.14 4 850 1521 26.9 15.0 48 12.0 18.6 167 21 314.4 316.8 297.4 353.7 12.68 5 800 2052 21.7 13.8 61 7.9 16.3 170 22 314.3 316.7 297.3 353.2 12.53 6 750 2608 16.5 12.1 75 4.4 13.6 180 21 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.5 11.93 7 700 3192 12.8 7.6 71 5.1 9.5 221 17 316.6 318.4 295.8 346.2 9.44 8 650 3813 10.8 -7.3 27 18.1 2.0 268 10 321.2 321.9 292.4 332.5 3.41 9 600 4473 5.3 -12.3 27 17.6 -2.3 292 13 322.3 322.7 291.9 330.6 2.48 10 550 5174 -0.8 -22.8 17 22.0 -7.9 305 18 323.1 323.4 290.9 327.0 1.11 11 500 5926 -6.6 -35.3 8 28.7 -13.0 309 27 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.38 12 450 6738 -12.8 -39.1 9 26.3 -17.6 309 32 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.29 13 400 7625 -18.8 -37.3 18 18.5 -22.1 306 36 330.5 330.6 292.2 332.0 0.39 14 350 8604 -26.1 -38.2 31 12.2 -27.9 302 38 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.40 15 300 9701 -34.2 -44.1 36 9.9 -35.2 309 40 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.2 0.25 16 250 10952 -43.2 -50.0 47 6.8 -43.6 309 46 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.16 17 200 12417 -54.4 -65.2 25 10.8 -54.6 307 51 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14218 -63.2 -78.6 11 15.4 -63.3 268 25 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16692 -65.4 -85.0 5 19.5 -65.5 187 3 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.88 m Freezing level: 556.51 mb = 5083.10 m = 16676.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.48 mb = 4116.84 m = 13506.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.95 mb = 3048.90 m = 10002.83 ft T: 13.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 29.60 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.39 mb = 3807.93 m = 12493.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.56 C = 97.81 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 43.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1981.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.42 mb = 3043.34 m = 9984.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.42 mb = 4371.60 m = 14342.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.42 mb = 13530.06 m = 44389.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1959.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: -9.4 tot: 118.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 14.55 Bulk Shear: 136.14 m/s