MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 38.0,-100.6 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -100.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 576 SFC 920 854 24.2 16.4 61 7.9 18.8 343 5 304.5 306.9 295.0 342.8 12.82 3 900 1047 20.9 15.7 72 5.2 17.4 343 5 303.0 305.3 294.4 340.1 12.53 4 850 1542 19.8 12.0 61 7.8 14.7 3 14 306.9 308.8 293.9 338.2 10.39 5 800 2062 16.6 7.6 55 9.0 11.1 351 15 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.9 8.20 6 750 2607 11.9 4.6 61 7.3 7.7 360 19 309.5 310.9 292.1 331.4 7.11 7 700 3180 6.7 1.7 70 5.1 3.9 350 20 310.0 311.1 291.5 329.0 6.17 8 650 3784 3.1 -4.5 58 7.6 -0.6 351 19 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.8 4.22 9 600 4428 -0.4 -6.2 65 5.7 -3.1 351 14 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.5 4.01 10 550 5120 -3.3 -13.2 47 9.8 -7.2 358 15 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.5 2.52 11 500 5869 -6.7 -20.0 34 13.3 -11.1 352 19 324.9 325.2 291.8 330.3 1.56 12 450 6684 -11.3 -27.4 25 16.1 -15.6 347 20 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.2 0.90 13 400 7576 -17.5 -36.7 17 19.2 -21.1 4 23 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.8 0.41 14 350 8560 -24.9 -50.5 7 25.7 -27.6 14 25 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 15 300 9661 -33.7 -60.0 5 26.3 -35.3 24 26 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 16 250 10911 -44.2 -58.5 19 14.3 -44.8 10 17 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 17 200 12366 -55.5 -64.2 33 8.7 -55.6 8 14 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14164 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -61.9 309 5 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16662 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.9 232 4 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.51 m Freezing level: 606.30 mb = 4347.19 m = 14262.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.27 mb = 3705.79 m = 12157.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.82 mb = 1852.08 m = 6076.31 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.94 mb = 2719.26 m = 8921.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.65 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.01 mb = 2232.59 m = 7324.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.01 mb = 3073.59 m = 10083.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.01 mb = 5575.86 m = 18293.29 ft B at Equ Level: 98.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.01 mb = 9002.20 m = 29534.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.1 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 23.1 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.05 Bulk Shear: 12.33 m/s