MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 38.15,-102.91 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -102.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 520 2 900 1004 SFC 880 1209 28.9 17.2 49 11.7 20.6 145 6 313.3 316.0 298.1 357.1 14.18 4 850 1509 23.9 16.0 61 7.9 18.4 147 7 311.2 313.8 297.3 352.8 13.57 5 800 2036 18.7 15.0 79 3.8 16.1 147 6 311.1 313.7 297.1 352.4 13.49 6 750 2586 14.4 10.7 79 3.6 12.0 156 2 312.2 314.2 295.6 345.6 10.85 7 700 3166 10.6 5.2 69 5.4 7.4 310 4 314.2 315.7 294.1 339.1 7.96 8 650 3779 5.9 0.8 70 5.1 3.1 292 7 315.6 316.8 293.1 335.3 6.23 9 600 4429 1.1 -3.5 71 4.6 -1.2 286 15 317.4 318.4 292.6 333.2 4.93 10 550 5123 -3.6 -13.5 46 9.9 -7.5 284 21 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.0 2.45 11 500 5871 -6.5 -37.6 6 31.1 -13.1 284 29 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.30 12 450 6683 -13.2 -33.0 17 19.8 -17.4 283 34 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.53 13 400 7567 -19.6 -44.5 9 24.9 -23.1 276 42 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.18 14 350 8543 -26.9 -45.0 16 18.1 -29.0 262 55 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.20 15 300 9637 -34.5 -54.1 12 19.5 -35.9 261 64 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 16 250 10889 -42.2 -63.2 8 21.0 -43.0 262 74 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 12364 -52.0 -72.4 7 20.4 -52.3 263 71 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14188 -60.5 -78.4 8 17.8 -60.7 265 45 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16651 -68.4 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 267 22 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.67 m Freezing level: 588.13 mb = 4593.72 m = 15071.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.15 mb = 4239.72 m = 13909.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.06 mb = 2675.81 m = 8778.81 ft T: 13.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 30.89 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.77 mb = 2667.78 m = 8752.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 41.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2002.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.76 mb = 2555.09 m = 8382.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.76 mb = 2839.43 m = 9315.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.76 mb = 12764.76 m = 41878.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1988.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -6.8 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 32.97 Bulk Shear: 60.74 m/s