MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.56,-103.43 Latitude: 37.56 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 587 2 900 1060 SFC 860 1457 19.5 16.6 83 2.9 17.5 152 12 305.6 308.2 296.1 347.5 13.98 4 850 1555 18.5 16.4 88 2.0 17.1 156 17 305.5 308.1 296.0 347.3 13.97 5 800 2073 15.5 14.3 93 1.1 14.7 193 24 307.7 310.1 295.9 346.8 12.95 6 750 2621 13.8 10.4 80 3.4 11.6 224 16 311.6 313.6 295.3 344.3 10.63 7 700 3200 10.1 8.0 87 2.1 8.8 230 10 313.6 315.5 295.2 343.6 9.66 8 650 3813 6.3 3.9 85 2.4 4.9 209 8 316.0 317.5 294.4 340.6 7.80 9 600 4465 1.9 1.2 95 0.7 1.5 196 8 318.3 319.7 294.4 340.6 7.00 10 550 5162 -2.5 -3.5 93 0.9 -3.0 213 9 321.1 322.1 294.0 338.5 5.38 11 500 5913 -6.2 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 256 14 325.4 326.3 294.4 340.4 4.50 12 450 6733 -10.0 -10.7 94 0.7 -10.4 275 19 330.6 331.4 295.1 343.4 3.75 13 400 7631 -15.9 -16.5 95 0.6 -16.1 278 22 334.4 334.9 295.2 343.6 2.64 14 350 8623 -23.1 -32.5 42 9.4 -25.0 268 31 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.71 15 300 9733 -31.3 -37.2 56 5.9 -32.2 267 32 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.2 0.52 16 250 10996 -42.1 -45.7 68 3.6 -42.3 276 32 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.5 0.26 17 200 12463 -54.3 -58.0 63 3.8 -54.4 286 36 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.08 18 150 14268 -62.8 -82.7 5 19.9 -62.9 311 35 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16719 -69.5 -86.0 7 16.5 -69.6 329 13 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.59 m Freezing level: 578.56 mb = 4763.72 m = 15628.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.12 mb = 4693.43 m = 15398.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.68 mb = 1823.84 m = 5983.66 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 6.92 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.84 mb = 2734.97 m = 8972.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.16 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 39.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.78 mb = 2214.48 m = 7265.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.78 mb = 3539.96 m = 11613.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.78 mb = 12086.29 m = 39652.71 ft B at Equ Level: 433.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.78 mb = 14194.25 m = 46568.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.5 neg: -13.3 tot: 119.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 11.01 Bulk Shear: 39.47 m/s