MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.75,-103.80 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -103.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 578 2 900 1047 SFC 857 1463 16.4 15.4 94 1.0 15.8 325 1 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.0 12.96 4 850 1536 15.7 15.0 95 0.7 15.3 309 1 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.3 12.74 5 800 2052 14.7 13.3 91 1.5 13.8 244 4 306.9 309.1 295.1 343.3 12.08 6 750 2597 12.1 9.3 83 2.9 10.3 299 11 309.7 311.6 294.3 339.8 9.84 7 700 3173 9.1 4.8 75 4.2 6.6 313 17 312.5 314.0 293.4 336.6 7.75 8 650 3783 5.4 -0.4 66 5.8 2.3 323 23 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.2 5.72 9 600 4433 1.1 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.6 317 22 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.4 4.65 10 550 5128 -2.8 -8.7 64 5.9 -5.4 300 16 320.7 321.5 292.4 332.6 3.60 11 500 5876 -7.7 -11.1 77 3.3 -9.1 282 16 323.6 324.3 292.9 334.6 3.29 12 450 6688 -12.7 -17.8 66 5.1 -14.4 265 13 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.6 2.10 13 400 7575 -19.4 -35.6 22 16.3 -22.3 269 20 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.46 14 350 8555 -25.7 -51.2 7 25.4 -28.3 273 33 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.10 15 300 9654 -33.5 -53.1 12 19.7 -35.0 282 46 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.09 16 250 10906 -43.4 -57.4 20 14.0 -44.0 284 53 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.07 17 200 12381 -50.4 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.9 277 58 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14210 -60.8 -82.3 4 21.4 -61.0 276 45 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16686 -67.0 -85.7 5 18.8 -67.1 288 19 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.67 m Freezing level: 585.87 mb = 4629.25 m = 15187.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4164.20 m = 13661.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.01 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.49 mb = 1591.82 m = 5222.43 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.91 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.66 mb = 2623.42 m = 8606.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 34.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.37 mb = 2175.84 m = 7138.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.37 mb = 3993.64 m = 13102.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.37 mb = 10291.88 m = 33765.60 ft B at Equ Level: 342.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.37 mb = 12594.79 m = 41320.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: -7.7 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.25 Bulk Shear: 22.52 m/s