MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.74,-101.95 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -101.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 579 2 900 1057 SFC 889 1162 24.0 17.8 68 6.2 19.6 213 12 307.3 310.0 296.9 351.3 14.61 4 850 1556 21.0 16.3 75 4.7 17.7 205 28 308.1 310.7 296.7 350.1 13.86 5 800 2078 16.7 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 202 32 308.9 311.2 295.9 346.6 12.43 6 750 2625 12.3 9.9 85 2.5 10.8 200 34 310.0 311.9 294.6 341.3 10.26 7 700 3200 7.9 5.6 86 2.3 6.5 195 30 311.2 312.8 293.4 336.4 8.18 8 650 3807 3.3 1.6 89 1.7 2.4 174 21 312.7 313.9 292.6 333.3 6.62 9 600 4452 -0.8 -1.5 95 0.7 -1.2 138 13 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.3 5.72 10 550 5143 -4.4 -5.3 94 0.9 -4.8 108 11 318.8 319.8 292.8 334.0 4.70 11 500 5889 -8.1 -9.4 90 1.3 -8.7 90 7 323.1 323.9 293.2 335.5 3.75 12 450 6701 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.9 359 4 327.8 328.4 293.7 337.7 2.91 13 400 7592 -17.6 -19.7 84 2.1 -18.2 330 15 332.1 332.6 294.1 339.2 2.01 14 350 8579 -24.1 -26.6 80 2.5 -24.7 316 25 336.3 336.5 294.5 340.8 1.24 15 300 9685 -32.3 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.8 302 39 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.64 16 250 10944 -42.6 -46.0 69 3.4 -42.9 288 52 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12407 -55.0 -58.9 61 4.0 -55.1 272 63 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14216 -55.8 -81.6 3 25.8 -56.2 293 46 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16744 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.2 12 6 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.28 m Freezing level: 610.14 mb = 4320.98 m = 14176.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.39 mb = 4234.70 m = 13893.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.52 mb = 1944.45 m = 6379.37 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2364.30 m = 7756.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 78.99 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 43.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1387.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.82 mb = 2218.94 m = 7279.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.82 mb = 2492.56 m = 8177.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.82 mb = 12669.67 m = 41566.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1377.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.82 mb = 15513.17 m = 50895.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 212.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -105.0 tot: -104.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 124.26 Bulk Shear: 11.17 m/s