MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.61,-102.68 Latitude: 40.61 Longitude: -102.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 553 2 900 1033 SFC 878 1248 25.9 17.9 62 8.0 20.2 119 7 310.3 313.1 297.8 355.7 14.88 4 850 1534 21.4 16.8 75 4.6 18.2 119 8 308.6 311.3 297.1 352.0 14.32 5 800 2056 16.2 15.6 96 0.7 15.8 118 8 308.5 311.1 296.8 350.9 14.03 6 750 2603 13.0 8.8 75 4.2 10.4 126 3 310.7 312.5 294.3 339.9 9.52 7 700 3179 8.8 0.0 54 8.8 4.1 253 3 312.3 313.3 291.6 329.4 5.48 8 650 3787 3.8 1.0 81 2.9 2.2 281 10 313.3 314.5 292.6 333.1 6.32 9 600 4432 -1.5 -5.5 74 4.0 -3.4 300 16 314.4 315.2 291.1 327.8 4.23 10 550 5118 -5.5 -24.0 22 18.5 -10.8 308 21 317.6 317.8 289.0 321.0 1.00 11 500 5859 -10.2 -19.1 48 8.9 -13.0 296 20 320.5 320.9 290.6 326.3 1.68 12 450 6661 -15.9 -26.4 40 10.6 -18.4 280 27 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.8 0.98 13 400 7538 -21.8 -49.5 6 27.7 -24.9 283 30 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.10 14 350 8505 -29.8 -42.5 28 12.6 -31.2 286 32 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.26 15 300 9582 -39.0 -48.1 37 9.1 -39.6 288 37 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.16 16 250 10807 -46.3 -60.5 18 14.2 -46.8 276 49 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.04 17 200 12276 -50.1 -73.5 5 23.4 -50.6 272 60 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14132 -55.9 -83.7 2 27.8 -56.2 267 44 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16644 -65.1 -86.1 4 20.9 -65.3 267 20 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.12 m Freezing level: 614.16 mb = 4249.03 m = 13940.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.03 mb = 4038.31 m = 13248.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.04 mb = 2248.42 m = 7376.62 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 26.32 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.18 mb = 2225.29 m = 7300.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.54 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.69 C Cross Totals Index: 27.06 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2755.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.45 mb = 2190.05 m = 7185.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.45 mb = 2353.09 m = 7720.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.45 mb = 12196.28 m = 40013.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2739.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 42.71 Bulk Shear: 64.52 m/s