MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.97,-102.24 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 532 2 900 1013 SFC 874 1267 26.7 17.7 58 9.0 20.2 153 10 311.6 314.4 298.0 356.6 14.69 4 850 1515 22.4 16.6 70 5.7 18.4 156 11 309.6 312.2 297.2 352.6 14.14 5 800 2039 17.7 14.6 83 3.0 15.6 179 9 310.0 312.5 296.7 350.2 13.22 6 750 2589 14.3 8.3 67 6.0 10.6 217 7 312.1 313.9 294.5 340.6 9.22 7 700 3168 9.8 6.4 80 3.4 7.7 248 9 313.3 314.9 294.4 340.2 8.66 8 650 3780 6.1 2.2 76 3.9 3.9 307 11 315.9 317.3 293.8 337.8 6.94 9 600 4431 1.7 -2.5 74 4.1 -0.4 307 13 318.0 319.1 293.1 335.1 5.33 10 550 5127 -2.5 -7.1 71 4.6 -4.6 282 18 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.5 4.08 11 500 5878 -6.7 -10.0 77 3.3 -8.1 286 34 324.9 325.6 293.5 336.9 3.59 12 450 6693 -11.9 -14.1 83 2.2 -12.7 284 37 328.3 328.9 293.9 338.1 2.86 13 400 7584 -18.2 -22.7 68 4.5 -19.5 277 35 331.3 331.6 293.5 336.8 1.54 14 350 8566 -25.5 -44.6 15 19.1 -27.8 275 42 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.21 15 300 9666 -33.3 -55.9 9 22.6 -34.9 277 58 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 16 250 10925 -41.2 -61.4 9 20.2 -42.1 281 69 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 17 200 12410 -49.9 -76.4 3 26.4 -50.4 291 58 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14235 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.1 293 44 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16689 -68.6 -84.9 8 16.3 -68.7 302 23 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.04 m Freezing level: 579.98 mb = 4709.72 m = 15451.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.11 mb = 4362.17 m = 14311.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.43 mb = 2404.12 m = 7887.42 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 22.13 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.55 mb = 2661.17 m = 8730.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 42.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1374.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.13 mb = 2407.44 m = 7898.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.13 mb = 2918.03 m = 9573.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.13 mb = 12049.23 m = 39531.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1362.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.13 mb = 16050.05 m = 52657.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 15.42 Bulk Shear: 89.11 m/s