MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 38.08,-102.93 Latitude: 38.08 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 502 2 900 989 SFC 879 1202 29.6 16.7 46 13.0 20.4 125 10 314.2 316.8 298.0 356.6 13.70 4 850 1498 26.4 15.5 51 10.9 18.8 130 12 313.8 316.3 297.6 354.5 13.15 5 800 2029 21.2 14.3 65 6.9 16.4 144 11 313.8 316.2 297.4 353.7 12.92 6 750 2584 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.0 169 9 313.8 316.2 297.3 353.2 12.72 7 700 3166 10.7 10.4 98 0.2 10.5 220 9 314.3 316.5 296.5 349.7 11.41 8 650 3780 6.3 4.3 87 2.0 5.1 277 14 316.1 317.7 294.7 341.4 8.06 9 600 4432 2.3 -0.7 81 2.9 0.7 290 27 318.8 319.9 293.9 338.3 6.09 10 550 5131 -1.5 -5.4 75 3.9 -3.4 293 40 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.7 4.67 11 500 5884 -6.2 -9.9 75 3.7 -7.8 290 42 325.5 326.2 293.7 337.6 3.61 12 450 6700 -11.2 -17.7 59 6.4 -13.5 283 41 329.1 329.6 293.4 336.5 2.12 13 400 7595 -16.5 -45.0 7 28.4 -20.8 282 41 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.17 14 350 8582 -24.4 -50.6 7 26.2 -27.2 282 46 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 15 300 9687 -32.2 -57.1 7 24.9 -33.9 281 54 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.06 16 250 10951 -41.0 -55.3 20 14.3 -41.8 281 57 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.08 17 200 12435 -50.4 -73.1 5 22.7 -50.8 282 49 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14256 -62.2 -78.5 10 16.3 -62.4 273 27 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16694 -71.1 -84.7 12 13.5 -71.2 319 22 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.36 m Freezing level: 569.51 mb = 4858.36 m = 15939.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.19 mb = 4551.08 m = 14931.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.03 mb = 2834.52 m = 9299.50 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 22.40 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2913.06 m = 9557.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 47.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1608.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.22 mb = 2878.88 m = 9445.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.22 mb = 2937.33 m = 9636.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.22 mb = 12785.44 m = 41946.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1597.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 140.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 9.69 Bulk Shear: 165.92 m/s