MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.34,-102.98 Latitude: 40.34 Longitude: -102.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 537 2 900 1016 SFC 869 1327 24.2 15.4 58 8.8 18.1 138 14 309.6 312.0 296.3 348.3 12.74 4 850 1517 22.1 14.4 62 7.7 16.9 143 21 309.3 311.6 295.8 346.5 12.25 5 800 2040 17.0 13.4 79 3.6 14.6 146 21 309.3 311.6 295.8 346.3 12.18 6 750 2587 12.7 11.8 94 0.9 12.1 154 17 310.4 312.6 295.8 346.2 11.71 7 700 3164 9.0 7.4 90 1.6 8.0 146 10 312.5 314.2 294.6 341.2 9.29 8 650 3774 4.6 2.6 87 2.0 3.4 122 9 314.1 315.5 293.4 336.4 7.11 9 600 4422 0.2 -2.3 83 2.5 -1.0 136 5 316.4 317.4 292.7 333.6 5.40 10 550 5115 -4.0 -5.3 90 1.4 -4.6 235 5 319.4 320.3 292.9 334.5 4.67 11 500 5861 -8.1 -9.9 87 1.8 -8.9 269 13 323.1 323.8 293.1 335.1 3.61 12 450 6673 -12.8 -15.7 79 2.9 -13.8 281 20 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.7 2.50 13 400 7563 -17.4 -20.1 80 2.7 -18.3 293 30 332.4 332.8 294.1 339.2 1.94 14 350 8549 -24.4 -27.9 73 3.5 -25.2 299 41 335.9 336.1 294.3 339.9 1.10 15 300 9654 -33.2 -36.1 75 2.9 -33.6 291 55 338.5 338.7 294.5 340.8 0.58 16 250 10906 -43.3 -51.4 40 8.1 -43.7 297 64 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.3 0.13 17 200 12374 -52.5 -65.9 18 13.4 -52.8 292 82 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14190 -60.9 -78.4 8 17.5 -61.1 290 68 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16684 -65.3 -84.9 5 19.6 -65.4 321 21 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.13 m Freezing level: 597.26 mb = 4459.97 m = 14632.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.62 mb = 4266.72 m = 13998.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.14 mb = 2440.01 m = 8005.19 ft T: 13.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.92 mb = 2644.10 m = 8674.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.19 C = 77.34 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 43.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 925.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.41 mb = 2503.94 m = 8214.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.41 mb = 2900.86 m = 9517.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.41 mb = 11675.46 m = 38304.86 ft B at Equ Level: 923.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.41 mb = 14957.57 m = 49072.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.9 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 230.9 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -25.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -44.6 tot: -11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 24.63 Bulk Shear: 37.56 m/s