MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-102.64 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 573 2 900 1056 SFC 885 1201 26.9 17.3 56 9.6 20.1 170 19 310.6 313.3 297.5 354.0 14.18 4 850 1559 23.3 16.2 64 7.1 18.4 173 28 310.5 313.1 297.2 352.6 13.76 5 800 2085 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.1 176 30 310.5 313.1 297.1 352.4 13.73 6 750 2635 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 197 32 311.5 313.9 296.8 350.8 12.82 7 700 3213 10.2 5.7 74 4.5 7.5 229 22 313.8 315.4 294.2 339.6 8.26 8 650 3828 7.4 -6.0 38 13.4 1.0 297 12 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.6 3.76 9 600 4480 1.9 -9.6 42 11.5 -3.1 300 14 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.4 3.07 10 550 5173 -4.4 -10.8 61 6.4 -7.0 293 17 318.9 319.5 291.4 329.0 3.06 11 500 5915 -10.7 -15.5 67 4.9 -12.4 299 15 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.6 2.28 12 450 6715 -17.0 -23.1 59 6.1 -18.6 294 15 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.4 1.32 13 400 7587 -23.5 -35.0 34 11.5 -25.4 275 14 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.49 14 350 8548 -30.4 -34.9 65 4.5 -31.0 303 24 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.8 0.56 15 300 9631 -36.9 -40.1 72 3.2 -37.2 289 43 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 16 250 10866 -46.2 -49.9 66 3.7 -46.4 275 52 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.16 17 200 12323 -52.1 -62.6 27 10.6 -52.4 285 44 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.04 18 150 14180 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 288 27 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16735 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 315 13 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.42 m Freezing level: 584.83 mb = 4690.33 m = 15388.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.33 mb = 3975.36 m = 13042.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.11 mb = 2409.32 m = 7904.49 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 25.59 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.81 mb = 2546.55 m = 8354.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.58 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -8.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -8.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.88 C K Index: 45.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 628.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2810.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.50 mb = 2449.37 m = 8035.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.50 mb = 2730.42 m = 8957.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.50 mb = 12602.87 m = 41347.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2790.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 218.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.62 Bulk Rich Number: 31.19 Bulk Shear: 90.12 m/s