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,-103.75 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -103.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 548 2 900 1025 SFC 867 1351 23.9 17.3 66 6.6 19.2 53 4 309.5 312.2 297.4 353.5 14.50 4 850 1524 20.4 16.0 76 4.4 17.4 50 5 307.5 310.1 296.3 348.5 13.59 5 800 2044 15.4 14.3 93 1.1 14.7 33 6 307.6 310.0 295.9 346.6 12.93 6 750 2592 14.9 7.9 63 7.0 10.5 354 22 312.7 314.4 294.4 340.5 8.96 7 700 3172 10.4 5.4 71 5.0 7.4 335 17 314.0 315.5 294.1 339.1 8.07 8 650 3785 6.4 1.0 68 5.5 3.4 302 14 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.3 6.33 9 600 4437 2.0 -2.7 71 4.7 -0.4 305 12 318.4 319.4 293.1 335.2 5.23 10 550 5134 -2.4 -5.3 80 3.0 -3.8 273 10 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.5 4.67 11 500 5884 -6.9 -11.4 70 4.5 -8.8 261 14 324.7 325.3 293.2 335.4 3.20 12 450 6698 -11.9 -16.8 67 4.9 -13.6 257 16 328.3 328.7 293.3 336.1 2.28 13 400 7589 -17.9 -24.8 55 7.0 -19.7 258 21 331.8 332.0 293.4 336.3 1.28 14 350 8572 -25.6 -30.4 64 4.8 -26.6 248 25 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.4 0.87 15 300 9671 -33.8 -45.5 30 11.7 -35.0 252 27 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.22 16 250 10927 -41.3 -61.7 9 20.5 -42.2 270 40 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 17 200 12409 -51.5 -75.2 4 23.7 -51.9 271 54 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14227 -62.4 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.6 291 46 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16690 -67.5 -86.2 5 18.6 -67.7 304 16 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.33 m Freezing level: 577.24 mb = 4753.93 m = 15596.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.80 mb = 4358.34 m = 14298.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.90 mb = 2183.96 m = 7165.14 ft T: 15.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 18.31 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.00 mb = 2877.09 m = 9439.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 38.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 812.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.75 mb = 2283.42 m = 7491.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.75 mb = 3624.30 m = 11890.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.75 mb = 11401.96 m = 37407.54 ft B at Equ Level: 804.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.75 mb = 14527.94 m = 47663.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.4 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 327.4 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -83.6 tot: -83.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 24.28 Bulk Shear: 33.45 m/s