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: 39.18,-102.5 Latitude: 39.18 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 41 1 950 502 2 900 992 SFC 866 1341 30.5 17.8 47 12.6 21.3 161 17 316.4 319.3 299.4 363.3 15.01 4 850 1504 28.3 17.0 51 11.2 20.2 163 23 315.8 318.6 298.9 361.1 14.54 5 800 2038 23.0 16.0 65 7.0 18.1 166 24 315.7 318.5 298.8 360.8 14.46 6 750 2597 17.6 14.9 84 2.7 15.7 170 24 315.7 318.4 298.8 360.4 14.35 7 700 3184 12.8 11.7 93 1.1 12.1 195 22 316.6 319.0 297.8 355.7 12.47 8 650 3803 8.8 3.1 68 5.7 5.5 241 18 318.9 320.3 294.9 342.4 7.38 9 600 4461 4.5 -13.0 27 17.5 -2.8 263 12 321.3 321.8 291.5 329.2 2.35 10 550 5161 -1.8 -15.5 34 13.7 -7.0 287 15 321.9 322.3 291.4 329.0 2.08 11 500 5909 -7.9 -26.8 20 18.9 -13.0 310 25 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.5 0.85 12 450 6717 -14.1 -28.7 28 14.6 -17.6 309 34 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.4 0.80 13 400 7600 -20.1 -39.8 16 19.7 -23.1 306 39 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.30 14 350 8576 -26.7 -46.0 14 19.3 -28.9 306 45 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.5 0.18 15 300 9671 -34.5 -52.2 15 17.7 -35.8 307 50 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 16 250 10919 -44.2 -49.6 55 5.4 -44.5 306 57 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.17 17 200 12380 -54.4 -62.6 36 8.2 -54.6 305 60 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14191 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.5 272 29 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16689 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 210 10 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.90 m Freezing level: 564.36 mb = 4959.62 m = 16271.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.90 mb = 4232.35 m = 13885.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.83 mb = 2934.60 m = 9627.83 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 36.87 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.92 mb = 2992.73 m = 9818.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.71 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 52.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 609.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3543.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.58 mb = 2925.76 m = 9598.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.58 mb = 3104.44 m = 10185.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.58 mb = 13920.58 m = 45670.63 ft B at Equ Level: 3532.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.9 neg: -10.2 tot: 156.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 24.04 Bulk Shear: 147.43 m/s