MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.57,-100.12 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 561 SFC 928 767 30.3 18.8 50 11.5 22.1 162 16 310.0 312.8 297.8 355.4 14.90 3 900 1043 26.9 17.9 58 9.0 20.5 165 21 309.2 312.0 297.4 353.4 14.53 4 850 1545 22.0 16.9 73 5.1 18.4 168 21 309.2 311.9 297.3 353.0 14.41 5 800 2068 17.1 15.5 90 1.6 16.0 183 22 309.4 312.0 297.0 351.8 13.95 6 750 2617 14.0 9.4 74 4.6 11.0 224 18 311.7 313.6 294.8 342.2 9.91 7 700 3199 13.2 -3.5 31 16.6 4.6 306 11 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.7 4.23 8 650 3816 8.6 -8.6 29 17.2 0.6 323 13 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.8 3.07 9 600 4470 2.5 -11.5 35 14.0 -3.4 321 13 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.7 2.63 10 550 5165 -3.7 -18.1 32 14.4 -8.7 309 11 319.7 320.0 290.4 325.3 1.67 11 500 5909 -8.7 -29.4 17 20.7 -13.8 300 17 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.8 0.67 12 450 6717 -14.2 -37.2 12 23.0 -18.4 297 25 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.7 0.35 13 400 7597 -20.7 -51.5 5 30.7 -24.1 300 33 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.08 14 350 8570 -28.2 -48.8 12 20.6 -30.2 304 40 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 15 300 9656 -37.0 -45.8 40 8.8 -37.7 300 55 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.21 16 250 10893 -45.3 -60.4 17 15.1 -45.9 295 59 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12355 -51.5 -68.4 12 16.9 -51.9 278 57 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14209 -56.7 -78.5 5 21.9 -57.0 297 50 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16722 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 279 8 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.34 m Freezing level: 579.99 mb = 4747.98 m = 15577.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3910.99 m = 12831.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.77 mb = 2221.09 m = 7286.95 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 30.64 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.59 mb = 2331.97 m = 7650.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.64 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 528.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2438.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.60 mb = 2190.48 m = 7186.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.60 mb = 2576.45 m = 8452.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.60 mb = 2689.42 m = 8823.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 723.60 mb = 2919.31 m = 9577.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 159.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 23.69 Bulk Shear: 102.92 m/s