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: 38.99,-102.37 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 507 2 900 996 SFC 869 1313 29.8 18.3 50 11.4 21.5 161 17 315.3 318.3 299.4 363.5 15.45 4 850 1507 27.6 17.4 54 10.2 20.2 163 24 315.0 317.9 298.9 361.1 14.83 5 800 2041 22.4 16.3 69 6.1 18.1 166 25 315.0 317.9 298.9 360.9 14.76 6 750 2598 17.0 15.2 89 1.9 15.7 172 25 315.1 317.9 298.8 360.6 14.63 7 700 3185 12.8 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 206 21 316.6 319.0 297.8 355.4 12.40 8 650 3804 8.8 2.7 66 6.1 5.2 249 17 318.9 320.3 294.7 341.7 7.16 9 600 4462 4.7 -15.1 22 19.8 -3.3 269 12 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.2 1.97 10 550 5162 -1.7 -15.6 34 13.9 -7.0 292 15 322.0 322.4 291.4 329.0 2.06 11 500 5910 -7.8 -27.4 19 19.6 -13.0 311 25 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.3 0.81 12 450 6719 -13.8 -31.4 21 17.5 -17.7 310 32 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.1 0.62 13 400 7602 -19.9 -41.0 14 21.1 -23.1 307 39 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 14 350 8579 -26.6 -47.2 13 20.6 -28.8 307 44 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.16 15 300 9675 -34.4 -51.3 16 16.9 -35.7 308 50 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.11 16 250 10923 -44.0 -49.6 54 5.6 -44.3 307 56 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.17 17 200 12384 -54.4 -62.7 35 8.3 -54.6 306 59 346.6 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14194 -61.8 -79.2 8 17.5 -61.9 271 29 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16690 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 213 10 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.24 m Freezing level: 563.59 mb = 4971.40 m = 16310.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.19 mb = 4202.81 m = 13788.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.18 mb = 2756.56 m = 9043.71 ft T: 15.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 35.29 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.02 mb = 2898.08 m = 9508.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.48 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -8.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -8.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 51.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3538.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.40 mb = 2800.28 m = 9187.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.40 mb = 2976.17 m = 9764.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.40 mb = 14301.20 m = 46919.37 ft B at Equ Level: 3488.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.5 neg: -9.3 tot: 172.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.61 Bulk Rich Number: 22.88 Bulk Shear: 154.66 m/s