MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 15 AUG 25 Station: 38.7,-110.0 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -110.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 526 2 900 1004 SFC 859 1411 21.1 10.2 50 10.9 14.2 195 1 307.4 309.1 293.1 335.1 9.15 4 850 1503 21.9 9.6 46 12.2 14.1 236 2 309.1 310.7 293.3 336.2 8.88 5 800 2027 20.8 5.5 37 15.3 11.5 116 2 313.3 314.6 293.2 335.4 7.08 6 750 2583 18.4 3.8 38 14.6 9.7 155 2 316.6 317.9 293.8 337.9 6.73 7 700 3169 13.5 3.0 49 10.6 7.3 186 1 317.4 318.8 294.1 339.0 6.78 8 650 3787 7.9 0.7 60 7.3 3.9 146 4 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.7 6.18 9 600 4441 2.2 0.8 90 1.4 1.4 167 10 318.7 320.0 294.4 340.3 6.77 10 550 5137 -3.1 -4.2 92 1.1 -3.7 188 17 320.4 321.4 293.6 336.9 5.09 11 500 5885 -8.1 -9.9 87 1.7 -8.9 202 23 323.1 323.8 293.1 335.1 3.62 12 450 6696 -13.2 -15.1 86 1.8 -13.9 198 23 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.5 2.63 13 400 7582 -19.5 -21.6 83 2.1 -20.1 197 23 329.6 330.0 293.2 335.6 1.69 14 350 8559 -26.6 -29.7 75 3.1 -27.2 198 24 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.2 0.93 15 300 9653 -35.1 -41.3 53 6.2 -35.8 221 26 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.2 0.34 16 250 10898 -43.8 -53.9 32 10.1 -44.3 238 41 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.4 0.10 17 200 12373 -51.5 -71.4 8 19.9 -51.9 247 25 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14185 -63.1 -77.9 12 14.8 -63.2 258 23 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16654 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 278 16 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.92 m Freezing level: 579.14 mb = 4731.47 m = 15523.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.01 mb = 4629.78 m = 15189.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.66 mb = 2804.86 m = 9202.18 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 0.80 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.05 mb = 4413.12 m = 14478.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.50 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.57 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.76 C K Index: 29.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4416.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.31 mb = 3718.96 m = 12201.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 221.5 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -5.7 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.61 Bulk Shear: 12.50 m/s