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: 40.25,-103.19 Latitude: 40.25 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 575 2 900 1052 SFC 869 1359 23.9 17.8 69 6.1 19.6 10 1 309.2 312.1 297.6 354.5 14.91 4 850 1551 20.1 16.5 80 3.6 17.6 358 1 307.2 309.8 296.5 349.5 14.04 5 800 2070 15.0 14.7 98 0.3 14.8 0 2 307.1 309.6 296.0 347.0 13.24 6 750 2615 11.5 9.5 88 2.0 10.3 329 9 309.1 311.0 294.2 339.5 10.01 7 700 3189 8.2 4.3 77 3.8 5.9 339 14 311.5 313.0 293.0 334.7 7.48 8 650 3798 4.9 0.7 74 4.2 2.6 327 17 314.5 315.7 292.8 334.0 6.21 9 600 4446 0.4 -2.9 78 3.4 -1.3 311 15 316.6 317.6 292.5 333.0 5.14 10 550 5139 -3.5 -8.7 68 5.1 -5.8 292 18 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.7 3.62 11 500 5886 -7.2 -15.3 52 8.1 -10.2 282 17 324.3 324.8 292.3 332.2 2.33 12 450 6701 -11.4 -32.5 16 21.1 -16.2 285 16 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.0 0.56 13 400 7591 -18.5 -42.5 10 24.0 -22.2 284 25 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.23 14 350 8572 -25.8 -43.1 18 17.3 -28.0 274 39 334.0 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.24 15 300 9671 -33.3 -50.0 17 16.6 -34.7 285 53 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 16 250 10923 -44.2 -50.5 49 6.4 -44.5 295 62 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.15 17 200 12388 -52.1 -76.8 4 24.7 -52.4 279 65 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14217 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.8 291 46 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16686 -67.3 -86.3 5 19.0 -67.4 304 15 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.07 m Freezing level: 594.52 mb = 4521.59 m = 14834.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.41 mb = 4227.14 m = 13868.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.79 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.27 mb = 2130.95 m = 6991.20 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.81 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.90 mb = 2113.65 m = 6934.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.03 C = 71.65 F Cap Strength: -0.14 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 39.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1204.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.19 mb = 2142.39 m = 7028.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.19 mb = 2195.71 m = 7203.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.19 mb = 12124.73 m = 39778.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1192.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.19 mb = 15173.74 m = 49782.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.1 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 333.1 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -15.7 tot: -14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 53.51 Bulk Shear: 22.52 m/s