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: 40.75,-102.27 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -102.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 557 2 900 1034 SFC 889 1146 23.1 17.9 72 5.3 19.4 83 7 306.4 309.2 296.7 350.4 14.63 4 850 1532 19.9 15.7 77 4.2 17.0 94 11 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.2 13.33 5 800 2051 15.0 14.3 96 0.7 14.6 100 11 307.1 309.6 295.8 346.1 12.93 6 750 2595 10.9 10.3 96 0.6 10.6 149 9 308.4 310.4 294.4 340.5 10.57 7 700 3168 7.8 5.4 85 2.3 6.4 258 10 311.1 312.6 293.3 336.0 8.08 8 650 3776 3.7 -1.1 71 4.8 1.2 297 16 313.2 314.2 291.8 330.3 5.43 9 600 4420 -1.0 -9.0 54 8.0 -4.5 304 19 314.9 315.6 290.3 325.3 3.21 10 550 5110 -4.6 -20.0 29 15.4 -9.6 304 20 318.7 318.9 289.8 323.5 1.42 11 500 5853 -9.2 -25.3 26 16.1 -13.6 301 21 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.3 0.98 12 450 6656 -16.4 -21.4 65 5.0 -17.8 296 23 322.6 322.9 291.1 327.9 1.53 13 400 7530 -22.3 -44.7 11 22.3 -25.1 286 28 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.18 14 350 8498 -29.1 -43.4 24 14.3 -30.7 273 40 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.24 15 300 9578 -38.2 -48.8 32 10.6 -39.0 255 48 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 16 250 10809 -46.1 -60.7 18 14.6 -46.6 251 48 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.04 17 200 12270 -52.3 -69.6 11 17.3 -52.7 261 55 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14116 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 269 44 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16633 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 273 18 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.53 m Freezing level: 610.76 mb = 4281.52 m = 14046.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.52 mb = 3906.81 m = 12817.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.60 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.74 mb = 1810.94 m = 5941.32 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 26.90 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 2077.89 m = 6817.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 42.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2074.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.29 mb = 2047.97 m = 6718.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.29 mb = 2100.82 m = 6892.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.29 mb = 12098.96 m = 39694.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2059.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.29 mb = 15749.58 m = 51671.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.3 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 328.3 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.2 neg: -3.3 tot: 160.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 24.53 Bulk Shear: 84.55 m/s