MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.20,-103.96 Latitude: 40.20 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 532 2 900 1012 SFC 863 1378 23.0 18.2 74 4.8 19.5 91 11 308.9 311.7 297.8 355.5 15.38 4 850 1514 22.5 17.0 71 5.5 18.6 96 19 309.7 312.5 297.4 353.8 14.46 5 800 2040 19.4 13.8 70 5.7 15.6 120 11 311.9 314.2 296.7 350.2 12.47 6 750 2592 14.6 11.2 80 3.4 12.4 165 5 312.5 314.6 296.0 347.1 11.25 7 700 3171 9.2 8.8 97 0.4 9.0 217 6 312.7 314.7 295.3 344.3 10.23 8 650 3782 5.6 4.0 89 1.6 4.6 279 16 315.3 316.8 294.3 339.9 7.85 9 600 4433 1.7 -0.2 87 2.0 0.7 287 23 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.1 6.28 10 550 5130 -2.3 -4.4 86 2.0 -3.4 297 27 321.3 322.3 293.7 337.7 5.04 11 500 5881 -6.5 -7.9 90 1.3 -7.1 293 27 325.1 325.9 294.1 339.1 4.24 12 450 6697 -11.4 -12.3 93 0.9 -11.8 276 24 328.8 329.5 294.3 340.1 3.30 13 400 7591 -16.6 -24.3 51 7.7 -18.7 275 22 333.4 333.7 293.9 338.2 1.34 14 350 8579 -23.7 -51.8 6 28.1 -26.7 282 18 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.09 15 300 9684 -32.4 -61.3 4 28.9 -34.2 280 29 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 16 250 10944 -42.0 -63.0 8 21.0 -42.9 286 33 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 17 200 12418 -51.5 -71.0 8 19.4 -51.9 284 55 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14241 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.9 286 48 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16712 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 325 19 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.55 m Freezing level: 578.84 mb = 4727.87 m = 15511.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.78 mb = 4543.35 m = 14905.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.37 mb = 1992.50 m = 6537.00 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 17.84 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.91 mb = 2739.39 m = 8987.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 45.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1288.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.72 mb = 2572.05 m = 8438.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.72 mb = 2856.25 m = 9370.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.72 mb = 12522.90 m = 41085.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1276.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.72 mb = 15769.14 m = 51735.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.3 neg: -7.3 tot: 166.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.97 Bulk Shear: 161.65 m/s