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: 38.25,-103.39 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -103.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 547 2 900 1027 SFC 873 1291 24.9 15.8 57 9.1 18.6 117 10 309.9 312.3 296.5 349.6 13.04 4 850 1529 22.2 14.8 63 7.4 17.2 117 13 309.4 311.8 296.1 347.7 12.58 5 800 2052 17.1 13.8 81 3.3 14.9 117 12 309.4 311.7 296.1 347.5 12.52 6 750 2599 13.0 8.6 75 4.4 10.3 67 8 310.7 312.5 294.2 339.5 9.40 7 700 3176 9.4 3.4 66 6.0 6.0 22 8 312.9 314.2 293.0 334.7 7.01 8 650 3787 5.4 -0.7 65 6.1 2.1 359 10 315.1 316.1 292.4 332.8 5.59 9 600 4436 0.9 -3.4 73 4.4 -1.3 340 13 317.2 318.2 292.6 333.1 4.95 10 550 5130 -3.2 -6.8 76 3.6 -4.8 314 17 320.3 321.1 292.8 334.0 4.19 11 500 5878 -8.0 -10.4 83 2.4 -9.0 296 29 323.3 324.0 293.0 334.8 3.46 12 450 6688 -13.4 -29.9 23 16.5 -17.3 289 41 326.4 326.5 291.4 329.0 0.71 13 400 7570 -21.0 -39.0 18 18.1 -23.8 288 39 327.7 327.8 291.4 329.0 0.33 14 350 8543 -27.0 -35.3 45 8.3 -28.3 292 34 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.3 0.54 15 300 9636 -35.2 -48.0 26 12.7 -36.3 287 45 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.17 16 250 10885 -42.5 -56.4 20 13.9 -43.2 277 74 342.8 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.07 17 200 12359 -51.4 -70.4 9 19.0 -51.8 282 67 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14183 -60.0 -81.4 4 21.4 -60.2 275 51 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16656 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 283 24 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.05 m Freezing level: 588.62 mb = 4593.93 m = 15071.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.67 mb = 4187.29 m = 13737.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.85 mb = 2444.12 m = 8018.66 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 16.81 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2678.14 m = 8786.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 39.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1265.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.06 mb = 2508.76 m = 8230.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.06 mb = 3021.72 m = 9913.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.06 mb = 11638.43 m = 38183.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1257.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.06 mb = 14914.13 m = 48930.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.7 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 339.7 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -33.0 tot: -30.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.99 Bulk Shear: 126.58 m/s