MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 8 AUG 25 Station: 39.9,-102.0 Latitude: 39.90 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 485 2 900 966 SFC 889 1079 23.9 17.3 67 6.6 19.3 149 5 307.3 309.9 296.6 349.8 14.12 4 850 1475 31.3 10.6 28 20.7 17.5 167 27 318.9 320.8 296.4 348.9 9.46 5 800 2016 28.9 4.1 21 24.8 13.7 190 26 322.0 323.2 295.0 342.8 6.43 6 750 2584 23.7 1.1 23 22.6 10.4 194 25 322.3 323.4 294.4 340.3 5.52 7 700 3180 18.7 -2.4 24 21.1 7.1 226 22 323.2 324.2 293.9 338.3 4.58 8 650 3809 13.4 -4.7 28 18.1 3.9 260 25 324.1 324.9 293.8 337.8 4.15 9 600 4474 7.0 -6.2 38 13.2 0.4 273 29 324.2 325.0 293.7 337.6 4.02 10 550 5181 0.1 -6.8 60 6.9 -3.2 275 30 324.2 325.1 293.9 338.1 4.19 11 500 5934 -6.8 -9.2 83 2.4 -7.8 288 27 324.8 325.6 293.7 337.5 3.83 12 450 6747 -12.8 -15.2 82 2.4 -13.7 286 28 327.1 327.7 293.3 336.0 2.61 13 400 7633 -19.7 -28.4 46 8.6 -21.7 284 31 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.7 0.92 14 350 8613 -25.4 -40.1 24 14.7 -27.5 279 34 334.5 334.6 293.3 335.8 0.33 15 300 9714 -33.0 -45.2 29 12.1 -34.3 267 29 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.7 0.23 16 250 10969 -43.3 -53.4 32 10.2 -43.8 261 31 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.11 17 200 12428 -55.5 -61.0 50 5.6 -55.6 261 35 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14213 -65.6 -74.8 27 9.2 -65.7 274 33 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16665 -64.6 -84.3 5 19.7 -64.8 238 9 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5902.27 m Freezing level: 549.07 mb = 5194.56 m = 17042.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.08 mb = 4554.66 m = 14942.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.63 % Est. max temperature: 38.66 C = 101.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.53 mb = 1943.72 m = 6376.95 ft T: 29.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.26 C/km ThetaE index: 12.27 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.74 mb = 4725.11 m = 15502.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.34 C = 104.61 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.33 C K Index: 27.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 932.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 463.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 633.05 mb = 4028.55 m = 13216.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 538.05 mb = 5354.24 m = 17566.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.05 mb = 12810.68 m = 42029.29 ft B at Equ Level: 923.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.05 mb = 15661.61 m = 51382.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 320.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 7.32 Bulk Shear: 127.48 m/s