MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-103.09 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -103.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 550 2 900 1027 SFC 870 1328 22.7 17.7 73 5.0 19.2 50 10 308.0 310.7 297.3 352.9 14.86 4 850 1526 20.3 17.0 82 3.2 18.0 52 12 307.4 310.1 296.8 351.1 14.50 5 800 2046 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 79 11 308.2 310.9 296.8 351.1 14.16 6 750 2593 12.7 10.2 84 2.6 11.1 210 6 310.4 312.4 294.9 342.4 10.46 7 700 3170 9.5 3.6 67 5.8 6.1 284 7 313.0 314.3 293.1 335.1 7.11 8 650 3780 4.7 -5.3 48 10.0 -0.1 308 11 314.2 315.0 290.8 326.9 3.96 9 600 4425 -0.4 -14.3 34 13.8 -5.7 309 16 315.6 316.0 289.5 322.6 2.11 10 550 5115 -3.9 -35.7 6 31.8 -11.0 313 17 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.7 0.33 11 500 5860 -8.8 -21.6 35 12.8 -12.8 312 16 322.3 322.5 290.9 326.9 1.36 12 450 6664 -16.2 -25.2 46 9.1 -18.4 308 18 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.7 1.09 13 400 7540 -21.6 -39.5 18 18.0 -24.2 285 28 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.31 14 350 8509 -29.3 -46.8 17 17.5 -31.0 264 33 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.16 15 300 9590 -38.2 -53.7 18 15.6 -39.1 253 38 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 16 250 10819 -46.4 -58.6 24 12.2 -46.9 254 42 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.06 17 200 12282 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.1 259 49 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14128 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.2 264 43 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16636 -65.6 -84.2 6 18.7 -65.7 267 21 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.41 m Freezing level: 604.30 mb = 4369.65 m = 14335.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.78 mb = 3769.83 m = 12368.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.13 mb = 1959.59 m = 6429.02 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 32.18 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2167.26 m = 7110.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.44 C = 74.20 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 40.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2432.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.35 mb = 2095.83 m = 6875.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.35 mb = 2366.47 m = 7763.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.35 mb = 12270.30 m = 40256.41 ft B at Equ Level: 2422.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.35 mb = 16027.25 m = 52582.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.2 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 341.2 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 135.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 45.00 Bulk Shear: 54.06 m/s