MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-102.49 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -102.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 561 2 900 1034 SFC 883 1198 22.1 16.8 72 5.3 18.4 115 5 305.9 308.5 296.0 347.0 13.72 4 850 1527 17.0 15.1 89 1.9 15.7 101 5 303.9 306.3 294.8 342.0 12.78 5 800 2041 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.4 101 6 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.1 11.83 6 750 2589 15.0 5.6 53 9.4 9.3 141 6 312.8 314.3 293.4 336.5 7.62 7 700 3169 10.8 2.9 58 7.9 6.3 191 4 314.5 315.8 293.2 335.7 6.76 8 650 3783 6.5 1.5 71 4.9 3.7 281 2 316.3 317.5 293.6 337.1 6.59 9 600 4434 1.5 -0.6 86 2.1 0.3 328 4 317.8 319.0 293.6 337.2 6.09 10 550 5130 -2.2 -5.5 78 3.4 -3.8 295 10 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.5 4.60 11 500 5881 -6.8 -12.1 66 5.3 -9.0 280 15 324.7 325.3 293.0 334.9 3.02 12 450 6695 -12.2 -15.5 76 3.4 -13.4 279 17 328.0 328.5 293.5 336.7 2.54 13 400 7587 -17.5 -21.5 71 4.0 -18.7 288 19 332.2 332.6 293.9 338.3 1.72 14 350 8573 -24.7 -28.7 69 4.0 -25.6 276 23 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.2 1.02 15 300 9675 -33.9 -38.2 65 4.3 -34.4 263 24 337.7 337.8 294.2 339.5 0.47 16 250 10925 -42.5 -52.9 31 10.4 -43.1 269 36 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.11 17 200 12402 -51.9 -71.6 8 19.8 -52.2 277 57 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14219 -62.3 -82.3 5 20.0 -62.5 296 44 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16685 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 313 23 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.70 m Freezing level: 579.94 mb = 4713.30 m = 15463.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.19 mb = 4485.01 m = 14714.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.87 mb = 1864.08 m = 6115.67 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 6.39 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.70 mb = 3017.82 m = 9900.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 30.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.26 mb = 2017.26 m = 6618.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.26 mb = 4203.16 m = 13789.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.26 mb = 10467.31 m = 34341.14 ft B at Equ Level: 256.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.26 mb = 12489.56 m = 40975.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -7.0 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 24.04 m/s