MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40,-100.86 Latitude: 40.00 Longitude: -100.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 526 SFC 915 860 32.2 21.4 53 10.8 24.2 126 13 313.2 316.6 300.2 368.2 17.78 3 900 1014 30.4 20.5 55 9.9 23.1 130 18 312.9 316.1 299.8 365.7 17.10 4 850 1523 26.0 19.1 66 6.9 21.0 156 20 313.4 316.6 299.6 364.8 16.63 5 800 2055 21.8 17.0 74 4.7 18.4 191 19 314.4 317.3 299.1 362.3 15.45 6 750 2612 17.9 9.6 58 8.2 12.5 228 15 316.0 317.9 296.1 347.5 10.08 7 700 3200 16.4 -15.4 10 31.7 2.9 272 15 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.65 8 650 3823 11.1 -20.3 9 31.4 -0.6 277 15 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.6 1.17 9 600 4482 4.9 -19.4 15 24.2 -4.0 281 18 321.8 322.0 290.7 326.5 1.38 10 550 5182 -1.5 -21.5 20 20.0 -8.1 281 18 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.6 1.25 11 500 5932 -7.1 -27.7 18 20.6 -12.6 293 25 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.78 12 450 6742 -13.8 -25.7 36 11.9 -16.9 287 32 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.6 1.05 13 400 7624 -20.8 -38.7 19 17.8 -23.7 285 37 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.34 14 350 8597 -27.1 -53.6 6 26.4 -29.5 292 37 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.07 15 300 9690 -35.2 -56.1 10 20.9 -36.5 292 41 335.7 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.06 16 250 10932 -45.0 -61.0 15 16.0 -45.6 289 49 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12388 -54.8 -67.0 21 12.2 -55.1 289 50 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 14201 -60.1 -79.5 6 19.4 -60.3 277 25 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16686 -63.0 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.2 208 18 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.33 m Freezing level: 561.79 mb = 5016.85 m = 16459.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.89 mb = 3708.85 m = 12168.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.61 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.04 mb = 2239.87 m = 7348.55 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 42.61 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.56 mb = 3229.68 m = 10595.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.49 C = 103.08 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -9.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -8.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.25 C K Index: 20.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 611.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4272.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.73 mb = 2376.65 m = 7797.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.73 mb = 3749.19 m = 12300.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.73 mb = 14377.66 m = 47170.24 ft B at Equ Level: 4223.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.55 Bulk Rich Number: 29.34 Bulk Shear: 145.62 m/s