MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 42.15,-100.99 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -100.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 552 SFC 904 992 24.5 19.5 74 5.0 20.9 149 9 306.3 309.3 297.5 354.3 15.97 3 900 1031 24.5 19.3 72 5.3 20.8 151 12 306.8 309.7 297.5 354.3 15.80 4 850 1531 21.4 17.8 80 3.6 18.9 179 21 308.6 311.4 297.7 355.0 15.31 5 800 2055 17.7 16.6 93 1.1 16.9 211 20 310.0 312.8 297.8 355.7 14.99 6 750 2605 14.1 12.0 87 2.1 12.7 246 20 311.9 314.1 296.3 348.3 11.85 7 700 3184 10.5 -0.1 48 10.6 4.8 283 10 314.2 315.2 292.1 331.4 5.45 8 650 3796 5.5 -4.6 48 10.1 0.5 300 11 315.1 316.0 291.3 328.5 4.18 9 600 4443 0.3 -14.9 31 15.2 -5.4 305 13 316.5 316.9 289.7 323.1 2.01 10 550 5133 -4.7 -25.9 17 21.1 -10.6 313 17 318.5 318.6 289.2 321.4 0.84 11 500 5875 -10.4 -29.0 20 18.6 -14.9 320 23 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.8 0.69 12 450 6675 -16.6 -33.5 22 16.9 -19.8 318 27 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.2 0.50 13 400 7548 -22.8 -43.2 14 20.4 -25.4 313 29 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.21 14 350 8512 -29.9 -50.9 11 21.0 -31.7 308 26 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.10 15 300 9591 -38.1 -49.4 29 11.4 -38.9 301 37 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 16 250 10820 -47.6 -54.9 43 7.3 -47.9 293 41 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.09 17 200 12272 -51.2 -72.7 6 21.6 -51.5 298 29 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14139 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 296 26 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16701 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 308 23 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.59 m Freezing level: 596.87 mb = 4486.48 m = 14719.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.42 mb = 3852.81 m = 12640.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.67 mb = 1626.49 m = 5336.17 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 34.32 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2207.95 m = 7243.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -9.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -9.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.85 C Cross Totals Index: 28.30 C K Index: 39.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3320.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.16 mb = 1945.65 m = 6383.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.16 mb = 2546.52 m = 8354.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.16 mb = 12772.67 m = 41904.58 ft B at Equ Level: 3278.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.7 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 317.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.1 neg: -11.2 tot: 219.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.78 Bulk Rich Number: 28.55 Bulk Shear: 116.31 m/s