MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.11,-103.67 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 507 2 900 993 SFC 864 1356 27.9 15.4 47 12.5 19.2 109 8 313.9 316.4 297.4 353.8 12.88 4 850 1500 25.8 14.8 51 11.0 18.2 111 8 313.2 315.6 297.1 352.1 12.59 5 800 2029 20.6 13.9 65 6.7 16.0 118 8 313.1 315.5 297.1 351.9 12.58 6 750 2583 15.2 12.8 85 2.4 13.6 133 6 313.1 315.5 297.0 351.6 12.48 7 700 3164 10.3 8.2 87 2.1 9.0 251 5 313.9 315.8 295.4 344.4 9.83 8 650 3777 6.5 1.5 70 5.0 3.7 298 15 316.4 317.6 293.6 337.2 6.59 9 600 4429 1.8 -0.8 83 2.6 0.4 299 19 318.2 319.4 293.7 337.5 6.04 10 550 5126 -2.0 -4.3 84 2.3 -3.2 292 24 321.7 322.7 293.9 338.1 5.05 11 500 5879 -6.5 -8.4 87 1.9 -7.4 284 25 325.1 325.9 294.0 338.6 4.07 12 450 6696 -10.8 -15.9 66 5.1 -12.7 281 26 329.7 330.2 293.9 338.2 2.46 13 400 7591 -16.7 -20.9 69 4.3 -18.0 271 28 333.3 333.7 294.3 339.7 1.80 14 350 8578 -24.1 -47.1 10 23.1 -26.8 281 28 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 15 300 9684 -32.6 -60.6 4 28.0 -34.4 279 34 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 16 250 10941 -42.1 -61.9 10 19.8 -42.9 289 39 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 17 200 12418 -51.0 -72.6 6 21.6 -51.4 288 61 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14240 -61.7 -83.0 4 21.3 -61.8 293 41 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16705 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 313 19 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.27 m Freezing level: 576.36 mb = 4758.72 m = 15612.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.03 mb = 4509.07 m = 14793.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.20 mb = 2924.34 m = 9594.18 ft T: 12.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 16.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2927.60 m = 9604.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 45.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1357.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.79 mb = 2882.49 m = 9456.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.79 mb = 3058.82 m = 10035.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.79 mb = 12456.66 m = 40867.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1348.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.79 mb = 16193.15 m = 53126.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 16.41 Bulk Shear: 82.71 m/s