MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.76,-103.94 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -103.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 564 2 900 1045 SFC 858 1464 27.3 15.8 50 11.4 19.2 80 8 313.8 316.4 297.7 355.0 13.30 4 850 1549 23.9 14.3 55 9.6 17.4 79 7 311.2 313.5 296.3 348.5 12.17 5 800 2075 18.3 12.7 70 5.6 14.6 77 7 310.7 312.9 295.8 346.3 11.65 6 750 2624 14.4 6.7 60 7.8 9.7 47 4 312.2 313.8 293.7 337.7 8.22 7 700 3203 10.4 4.6 67 5.8 6.9 346 3 313.9 315.4 293.7 337.7 7.60 8 650 3816 5.9 0.5 68 5.4 2.9 324 5 315.7 316.8 293.0 335.0 6.12 9 600 4466 1.1 -4.8 65 5.9 -1.7 309 9 317.4 318.3 292.2 331.8 4.47 10 550 5159 -3.5 -10.4 59 6.9 -6.4 297 11 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.16 11 500 5908 -6.7 -23.6 25 16.9 -11.8 291 18 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.8 1.13 12 450 6725 -9.8 -40.1 6 30.3 -15.7 287 31 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.26 13 400 7623 -15.6 -28.6 32 13.0 -18.8 276 32 334.7 334.9 293.8 338.0 0.90 14 350 8614 -23.2 -35.1 33 11.9 -25.4 281 31 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.6 0.55 15 300 9723 -32.2 -43.8 31 11.6 -33.5 290 37 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.26 16 250 10978 -42.9 -54.5 27 11.6 -43.5 293 44 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.7 0.09 17 200 12451 -51.4 -66.5 15 15.2 -51.7 280 60 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14266 -63.4 -79.4 10 16.1 -63.5 284 66 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16707 -70.2 -85.3 9 15.0 -70.3 269 12 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.33 m Freezing level: 588.01 mb = 4632.07 m = 15196.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.54 mb = 4218.65 m = 13840.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.42 mb = 2892.33 m = 9489.15 ft T: 12.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 26.19 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.46 mb = 3233.38 m = 10608.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 39.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 403.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.05 mb = 2908.25 m = 9541.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.05 mb = 3688.99 m = 12102.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.05 mb = 11527.10 m = 37818.12 ft B at Equ Level: 395.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.05 mb = 13856.94 m = 45461.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.8 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 326.8 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 48.66 m/s