MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.50,-103.19 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 560 2 900 1035 SFC 873 1296 22.2 17.3 74 4.9 18.8 33 10 307.0 309.7 296.7 350.3 14.39 4 850 1530 18.3 16.4 89 1.9 17.0 35 11 305.3 307.9 296.0 346.9 13.91 5 800 2047 14.9 13.1 89 1.8 13.7 134 5 307.0 309.2 295.0 342.9 11.92 6 750 2594 13.5 6.7 63 6.9 9.3 198 7 311.3 312.8 293.4 336.6 8.21 7 700 3171 9.4 4.0 69 5.4 6.2 259 4 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.5 7.28 8 650 3780 4.5 -3.8 55 8.3 0.4 293 8 314.0 314.9 291.2 328.1 4.44 9 600 4425 -1.2 -7.2 64 5.9 -3.9 292 13 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.6 3.72 10 550 5113 -5.3 -22.5 24 17.2 -10.5 290 16 317.8 318.0 289.3 321.7 1.14 11 500 5855 -9.3 -31.6 15 22.2 -14.5 289 16 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.6 0.55 12 450 6658 -16.3 -22.7 58 6.3 -18.1 285 16 322.7 323.0 291.0 327.4 1.38 13 400 7533 -21.8 -46.4 9 24.6 -24.8 276 30 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.15 14 350 8500 -29.8 -48.4 15 18.7 -31.5 276 34 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.13 15 300 9577 -39.0 -50.1 30 11.1 -39.7 277 31 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 16 250 10806 -45.4 -61.4 15 16.0 -45.9 265 49 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.04 17 200 12277 -50.2 -71.2 7 21.0 -50.6 261 63 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14135 -56.5 -79.0 4 22.5 -56.8 265 40 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16639 -65.1 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 250 17 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.35 m Freezing level: 610.88 mb = 4285.03 m = 14058.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.66 mb = 3834.30 m = 12579.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.95 mb = 1910.24 m = 6267.12 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 28.66 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.43 mb = 2701.02 m = 8861.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.70 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1615.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.82 mb = 2123.51 m = 6966.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.82 mb = 3315.24 m = 10876.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.82 mb = 11418.32 m = 37461.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1607.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.82 mb = 14657.88 m = 48089.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 88.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 34.84 Bulk Shear: 46.35 m/s