MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.64,-103.43 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 562 2 900 1040 SFC 859 1451 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.7 114 10 308.2 310.9 297.1 352.4 14.62 4 850 1541 21.6 16.5 73 5.1 18.0 116 15 308.8 311.4 296.9 351.2 14.01 5 800 2064 17.5 14.3 81 3.2 15.3 142 18 309.8 312.3 296.4 349.2 12.93 6 750 2613 13.4 12.0 92 1.3 12.5 179 12 311.1 313.3 296.1 347.4 11.85 7 700 3191 9.3 8.7 96 0.6 8.9 201 9 312.7 314.7 295.3 344.0 10.12 8 650 3802 5.7 4.7 94 0.9 5.1 252 8 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.4 8.29 9 600 4454 2.2 0.7 90 1.5 1.4 280 13 318.7 320.0 294.3 340.1 6.72 10 550 5152 -1.9 -3.8 87 1.9 -2.9 300 15 321.9 322.9 294.1 339.0 5.27 11 500 5905 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 304 19 325.8 326.7 294.6 341.3 4.69 12 450 6725 -10.0 -10.4 97 0.4 -10.2 283 17 330.6 331.4 295.2 343.7 3.84 13 400 7620 -17.3 -20.7 75 3.4 -18.3 287 31 332.5 332.9 294.1 339.0 1.83 14 350 8607 -24.3 -30.3 58 6.0 -25.5 280 38 336.0 336.2 294.1 339.3 0.88 15 300 9712 -32.8 -39.4 51 6.7 -33.6 279 43 339.2 339.3 294.5 340.8 0.42 16 250 10968 -43.5 -50.7 44 7.3 -43.9 286 43 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.15 17 200 12431 -52.7 -72.0 8 19.3 -53.1 285 63 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14248 -61.9 -81.6 6 19.7 -62.0 289 57 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16705 -68.5 -84.7 8 16.2 -68.6 298 16 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.55 m Freezing level: 573.03 mb = 4830.51 m = 15847.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.79 mb = 4673.70 m = 15333.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.52 mb = 2036.67 m = 6681.91 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.73 mb = 2581.94 m = 8470.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.31 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 43.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1119.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.11 mb = 2420.96 m = 7942.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.11 mb = 2815.01 m = 9235.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.11 mb = 12361.91 m = 40556.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1119.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.11 mb = 15494.49 m = 50834.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 131.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 9.98 Bulk Shear: 112.18 m/s