MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.75,-102.29 Latitude: 39.75 Longitude: -102.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 519 2 900 1003 SFC 882 1180 26.8 17.5 57 9.3 20.2 152 15 310.9 313.6 297.7 355.1 14.45 4 850 1509 24.9 16.7 60 8.3 19.1 161 33 312.3 315.0 297.9 355.9 14.18 5 800 2038 20.7 15.1 70 5.6 16.8 175 34 313.3 315.9 297.8 355.4 13.66 6 750 2595 17.9 13.5 76 4.4 14.8 200 29 316.0 318.5 298.1 356.8 13.07 7 700 3182 14.0 8.7 71 5.2 10.6 215 21 318.0 319.9 296.6 350.0 10.17 8 650 3804 10.4 -6.8 29 17.2 2.0 221 9 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.3 3.53 9 600 4462 4.6 -13.0 26 17.6 -2.8 235 8 321.5 321.9 291.5 329.3 2.34 10 550 5162 -1.4 -14.9 35 13.4 -6.7 279 13 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.8 2.19 11 500 5913 -7.5 -13.7 61 6.1 -9.9 292 26 323.9 324.4 292.5 332.8 2.66 12 450 6722 -13.9 -29.1 27 15.1 -17.5 294 33 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.5 0.77 13 400 7605 -19.9 -35.6 23 15.7 -22.7 303 36 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.9 0.46 14 350 8583 -26.2 -48.4 11 22.2 -28.6 307 41 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.14 15 300 9679 -34.5 -44.5 35 10.0 -35.5 308 45 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.24 16 250 10927 -44.1 -49.7 53 5.6 -44.4 304 54 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.16 17 200 12385 -55.0 -61.6 44 6.6 -55.1 300 59 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14193 -61.0 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.1 281 33 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16685 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.5 219 11 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.23 m Freezing level: 561.78 mb = 4997.49 m = 16395.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.29 mb = 4070.03 m = 13352.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.85 mb = 2358.20 m = 7736.80 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 27.45 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.87 mb = 3316.75 m = 10881.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 43.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2527.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.50 mb = 2623.03 m = 8605.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.50 mb = 4159.32 m = 13645.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.50 mb = 13314.44 m = 43682.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2524.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.9 neg: -44.5 tot: 231.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.36 Bulk Rich Number: 18.88 Bulk Shear: 133.91 m/s