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: 37.99,-102.61 Latitude: 37.99 Longitude: -102.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 504 2 900 995 SFC 883 1168 32.6 16.7 39 15.9 21.2 161 18 316.9 319.5 298.6 359.6 13.66 4 850 1508 28.6 15.4 45 13.2 19.3 165 25 316.1 318.6 298.1 356.8 13.04 5 800 2042 23.3 14.5 58 8.8 17.2 168 25 316.0 318.5 298.1 357.0 13.12 6 750 2601 17.9 13.4 75 4.5 14.8 174 25 316.0 318.5 298.1 356.7 13.04 7 700 3188 13.4 10.9 85 2.5 11.7 209 21 317.4 319.6 297.5 354.4 11.81 8 650 3809 8.9 5.4 78 3.5 6.8 245 16 319.1 320.8 295.9 346.7 8.69 9 600 4466 4.1 -3.8 56 7.9 0.1 287 17 320.8 321.8 293.4 336.5 4.82 10 550 5168 -0.8 -20.4 21 19.6 -7.5 300 22 323.1 323.4 291.1 327.8 1.37 11 500 5919 -6.7 -32.7 11 26.0 -12.9 306 27 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.7 0.49 12 450 6730 -12.9 -38.0 10 25.0 -17.7 307 30 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.32 13 400 7616 -18.9 -41.3 12 22.4 -22.4 304 33 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.26 14 350 8596 -26.1 -41.5 22 15.4 -28.2 301 38 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.7 0.29 15 300 9693 -34.2 -45.5 31 11.3 -35.3 306 43 337.1 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.22 16 250 10943 -43.5 -49.4 52 5.9 -43.9 307 49 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.17 17 200 12406 -54.4 -64.0 30 9.6 -54.6 306 51 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14208 -63.3 -79.3 10 15.9 -63.5 278 26 360.9 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16691 -65.3 -85.6 4 20.3 -65.4 177 6 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5873.96 m Freezing level: 558.58 mb = 5047.32 m = 16559.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.49 mb = 4473.33 m = 14676.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.18 mb = 3173.91 m = 10412.95 ft T: 13.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 30.32 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.62 mb = 3349.86 m = 10990.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 48.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2692.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.20 mb = 3161.50 m = 10372.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.20 mb = 3590.19 m = 11778.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.20 mb = 13913.99 m = 45649.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2676.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 168.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 17.42 Bulk Shear: 154.52 m/s