MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 35.58,-104.16 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -104.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 533 2 900 1014 SFC 862 1396 23.8 17.9 70 5.9 19.6 92 10 309.9 312.7 297.9 356.1 15.17 4 850 1517 23.1 17.3 70 5.8 19.0 93 13 310.3 313.1 297.8 355.5 14.79 5 800 2044 20.4 14.3 68 6.2 16.2 129 15 312.9 315.4 297.2 352.7 12.89 6 750 2599 17.5 4.2 41 13.3 9.6 174 13 315.6 316.9 293.7 337.3 6.91 7 700 3184 13.0 0.3 42 12.6 5.9 207 6 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.7 5.60 8 650 3801 8.0 -0.9 53 9.0 3.2 295 9 318.1 319.1 293.2 335.7 5.51 9 600 4454 2.0 -2.9 70 4.9 -0.5 311 19 318.4 319.4 293.1 335.1 5.17 10 550 5149 -3.7 -6.8 79 3.1 -5.1 318 26 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.3 4.19 11 500 5895 -8.5 -10.6 85 2.1 -9.4 318 31 322.7 323.4 292.8 334.0 3.42 12 450 6706 -12.9 -14.9 85 1.9 -13.6 310 35 327.0 327.5 293.3 336.1 2.68 13 400 7596 -17.3 -19.5 83 2.2 -18.0 296 36 332.5 332.9 294.2 339.6 2.04 14 350 8587 -22.6 -25.1 80 2.6 -23.2 279 37 338.3 338.6 295.1 343.5 1.42 15 300 9702 -30.0 -32.9 76 2.8 -30.6 266 36 343.0 343.2 295.7 346.1 0.80 16 250 10975 -39.6 -42.9 71 3.3 -39.9 265 40 347.2 347.2 296.3 348.6 0.35 17 200 12459 -51.8 -55.8 63 3.9 -52.0 263 50 350.7 350.7 296.9 351.1 0.10 18 150 14265 -63.9 -68.1 56 4.3 -63.9 275 39 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.03 19 100 16713 -69.5 -84.2 10 14.7 -69.6 290 14 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.03 m Freezing level: 582.55 mb = 4696.83 m = 15409.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.88 mb = 4361.32 m = 14308.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.47 mb = 2147.29 m = 7044.84 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 21.40 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.04 mb = 3351.38 m = 10995.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1089.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.70 mb = 2796.94 m = 9176.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.70 mb = 3829.69 m = 12564.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.70 mb = 12531.68 m = 41113.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.70 mb = 15729.35 m = 51604.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 338.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.2 neg: -9.8 tot: 197.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.25 Bulk Shear: 150.27 m/s