MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 39.52,-102.95 Latitude: 39.52 Longitude: -102.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 528 2 900 1008 SFC 859 1416 21.8 19.0 84 2.8 19.8 142 8 308.0 311.1 298.2 357.3 16.31 4 850 1509 22.3 17.5 74 4.8 18.9 156 17 309.5 312.3 297.7 354.9 14.94 5 800 2036 20.0 12.2 61 7.8 14.8 203 11 312.4 314.6 296.0 347.1 11.23 6 750 2588 15.0 9.7 70 5.3 11.6 243 9 312.9 314.8 295.3 344.1 10.12 7 700 3168 9.5 8.3 92 1.2 8.8 255 10 313.0 314.9 295.1 343.5 9.87 8 650 3778 4.6 3.6 94 0.9 4.0 306 15 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.1 7.67 9 600 4427 1.3 -1.1 84 2.4 0.0 292 23 317.6 318.8 293.4 336.5 5.90 10 550 5123 -3.0 -4.8 88 1.7 -3.8 297 26 320.5 321.5 293.4 336.4 4.89 11 500 5872 -7.3 -8.9 88 1.6 -8.0 293 31 324.2 324.9 293.6 337.1 3.90 12 450 6686 -12.1 -14.5 82 2.4 -13.0 278 31 328.0 328.6 293.7 337.5 2.76 13 400 7576 -18.7 -36.1 20 17.4 -21.8 274 29 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.4 0.44 14 350 8555 -26.5 -45.3 15 18.8 -28.7 273 28 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 15 300 9656 -32.5 -57.6 6 25.1 -34.2 276 44 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 16 250 10918 -40.7 -66.1 5 25.5 -41.6 283 51 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 17 200 12404 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.8 280 52 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14228 -62.0 -76.0 14 14.0 -62.1 279 45 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16677 -68.6 -85.2 7 16.7 -68.7 336 20 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.71 m Freezing level: 584.93 mb = 4636.95 m = 15212.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.74 mb = 4430.70 m = 14536.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.10 mb = 1767.31 m = 5798.18 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.85 mb = 2897.87 m = 9507.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.48 C = 79.66 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 45.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1194.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.69 mb = 2727.21 m = 8947.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.69 mb = 3016.77 m = 9897.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.69 mb = 11395.62 m = 37386.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1193.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.69 mb = 15442.16 m = 50662.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.6 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 310.6 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 113.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 10.26 Bulk Shear: 116.48 m/s