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: 39.40,-101.29 Latitude: 39.40 Longitude: -101.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 536 SFC 900 1018 31.7 14.9 36 16.7 20.1 173 15 314.1 316.4 296.8 351.1 11.93 3 900 1023 30.9 14.8 38 16.2 19.8 174 15 313.4 315.6 296.6 350.0 11.83 4 850 1531 25.9 13.5 46 12.4 17.5 177 20 313.3 315.5 296.4 348.9 11.51 5 800 2060 20.8 12.5 59 8.3 15.3 180 21 313.3 315.5 296.4 348.8 11.47 6 750 2614 15.5 11.3 76 4.2 12.7 185 21 313.4 315.5 296.3 348.2 11.27 7 700 3197 13.1 -2.3 34 15.3 4.9 257 10 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.8 4.63 8 650 3814 8.5 -11.4 23 19.9 -0.2 303 12 318.6 319.1 290.7 326.7 2.45 9 600 4468 2.4 -12.6 32 15.0 -3.8 302 12 318.9 319.3 290.8 326.9 2.41 10 550 5162 -3.6 -17.7 33 14.0 -8.5 300 13 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.6 1.73 11 500 5906 -9.5 -23.0 32 13.5 -13.4 301 19 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.7 1.21 12 450 6710 -15.2 -38.9 11 23.7 -19.3 306 24 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.29 13 400 7587 -21.7 -45.2 10 23.5 -24.7 310 33 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.17 14 350 8557 -28.7 -41.7 28 12.9 -30.3 307 40 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.28 15 300 9642 -36.9 -41.2 64 4.3 -37.3 298 53 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.35 16 250 10878 -46.1 -51.5 54 5.5 -46.3 291 61 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.13 17 200 12339 -51.3 -71.0 8 19.7 -51.7 289 49 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14195 -55.9 -80.2 3 24.2 -56.3 293 47 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16719 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 306 8 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.96 m Freezing level: 580.23 mb = 4742.16 m = 15558.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.53 mb = 3794.47 m = 12448.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.45 mb = 3119.40 m = 10234.14 ft T: 13.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 24.36 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.45 mb = 3630.90 m = 11912.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.56 C = 96.00 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 33.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1931.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.16 mb = 3087.09 m = 10128.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.16 mb = 4145.31 m = 13599.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.16 mb = 12204.09 m = 40039.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1916.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.16 mb = 15894.87 m = 52147.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -4.7 tot: 80.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 25.13 Bulk Shear: 76.85 m/s