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: 40.32,-103.51 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 514 2 900 998 SFC 867 1328 27.0 16.4 52 10.6 19.5 111 10 312.6 315.2 297.6 354.6 13.63 4 850 1503 24.6 15.6 57 9.0 18.3 114 11 311.9 314.4 297.2 352.5 13.23 5 800 2031 19.4 14.7 74 4.7 16.2 120 11 311.9 314.4 297.2 352.6 13.27 6 750 2583 14.3 13.3 94 0.9 13.6 150 7 312.1 314.5 297.0 351.9 12.94 7 700 3162 10.1 8.1 88 1.9 8.9 283 6 313.6 315.5 295.3 343.9 9.76 8 650 3775 6.1 1.5 72 4.6 3.5 299 14 315.9 317.2 293.5 336.7 6.59 9 600 4426 1.8 -1.0 82 2.7 0.3 296 17 318.2 319.3 293.6 337.2 5.95 10 550 5123 -2.3 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.3 288 21 321.3 322.3 293.8 338.0 5.12 11 500 5875 -6.5 -7.9 90 1.4 -7.1 277 24 325.1 325.9 294.1 339.1 4.22 12 450 6692 -11.0 -13.8 80 2.8 -12.1 273 25 329.4 329.9 294.1 339.4 2.92 13 400 7587 -16.6 -25.7 45 9.1 -19.0 271 32 333.4 333.7 293.7 337.7 1.18 14 350 8575 -23.8 -40.5 20 16.7 -26.3 279 26 336.7 336.7 293.8 337.9 0.32 15 300 9681 -32.5 -51.9 13 19.4 -34.1 284 33 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.11 16 250 10938 -42.4 -59.1 15 16.7 -43.2 294 38 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12412 -51.2 -71.1 8 19.9 -51.7 288 59 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14235 -61.3 -82.7 4 21.4 -61.5 290 38 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16704 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.6 313 21 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.39 m Freezing level: 578.26 mb = 4729.54 m = 15516.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.63 mb = 4485.08 m = 14714.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.71 mb = 2664.59 m = 8741.98 ft T: 13.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 15.87 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.53 mb = 2689.33 m = 8823.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 44.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1491.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.90 mb = 2639.84 m = 8660.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.90 mb = 2810.78 m = 9221.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.90 mb = 12740.43 m = 41798.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1474.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.90 mb = 16128.81 m = 52915.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 71.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 14.77 Bulk Shear: 100.95 m/s