MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.36,-102.89 Latitude: 40.36 Longitude: -102.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 577 2 900 1048 SFC 873 1307 19.8 17.1 85 2.6 17.9 42 8 304.5 307.1 296.0 346.9 14.22 4 850 1540 16.4 16.3 99 0.1 16.3 44 9 303.3 305.9 295.4 344.4 13.82 5 800 2057 16.9 12.6 76 4.2 14.1 99 10 309.1 311.3 295.4 344.3 11.57 6 750 2605 13.6 7.7 67 5.9 10.0 93 4 311.4 313.1 294.0 338.7 8.85 7 700 3182 8.9 2.7 65 6.3 5.4 110 1 312.4 313.6 292.6 333.1 6.64 8 650 3791 3.8 2.0 88 1.8 2.8 269 5 313.3 314.6 293.0 334.6 6.84 9 600 4435 -1.3 -4.1 81 2.8 -2.7 294 12 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.5 4.70 10 550 5123 -5.8 -14.7 49 8.9 -9.1 290 17 317.2 317.6 290.1 324.5 2.22 11 500 5863 -10.4 -21.6 40 11.1 -13.7 300 18 320.4 320.6 290.3 325.0 1.37 12 450 6665 -15.8 -23.6 51 7.9 -17.9 288 21 323.4 323.7 291.1 327.8 1.26 13 400 7540 -22.9 -25.5 79 2.6 -23.5 274 34 325.2 325.5 291.6 329.4 1.20 14 350 8506 -30.1 -45.4 21 15.3 -31.6 290 28 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 15 300 9582 -38.5 -49.6 30 11.1 -39.2 294 35 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 16 250 10819 -43.2 -64.1 8 20.8 -44.0 268 67 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 17 200 12301 -49.6 -71.7 6 22.1 -50.1 268 74 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14148 -57.4 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.7 273 40 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16653 -65.6 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 249 17 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.49 m Freezing level: 612.92 mb = 4268.77 m = 14004.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.29 mb = 4115.79 m = 13503.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.03 mb = 1640.48 m = 5382.09 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 13.80 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.89 mb = 2741.44 m = 8994.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.96 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1555.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.55 mb = 2157.84 m = 7079.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.55 mb = 3234.61 m = 10612.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.55 mb = 11214.47 m = 36792.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1540.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.55 mb = 14773.76 m = 48469.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 34.23 Bulk Shear: 45.45 m/s