MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.34,-101.66 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -101.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 524 2 900 1008 SFC 890 1105 30.4 17.0 45 13.4 20.9 150 14 313.8 316.4 298.0 356.6 13.85 4 850 1513 24.0 15.7 60 8.3 18.2 151 15 311.3 313.8 297.1 352.0 13.30 5 800 2040 18.8 14.7 77 4.1 16.0 152 15 311.2 313.7 297.0 351.7 13.24 6 750 2590 13.6 13.0 96 0.7 13.2 155 13 311.4 313.8 296.7 350.1 12.62 7 700 3168 9.7 4.6 70 5.1 6.7 271 4 313.2 314.7 293.6 336.9 7.61 8 650 3780 5.5 -2.9 55 8.4 1.3 304 18 315.2 316.1 291.8 330.3 4.75 9 600 4428 0.7 -9.3 47 9.9 -3.7 303 25 316.9 317.5 290.9 327.2 3.16 10 550 5119 -5.1 -20.2 30 15.1 -9.9 302 26 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.8 1.40 11 500 5858 -10.8 -25.3 29 14.5 -14.6 301 25 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.2 0.98 12 450 6658 -16.7 -38.2 14 21.5 -20.3 301 25 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.4 0.31 13 400 7530 -23.0 -41.6 16 18.6 -25.5 299 23 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.25 14 350 8494 -30.1 -43.2 27 13.0 -31.5 302 20 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.24 15 300 9572 -38.4 -57.4 12 19.0 -39.4 306 20 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 16 250 10807 -44.7 -67.8 6 23.1 -45.3 316 41 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.02 17 200 12277 -50.5 -73.7 5 23.2 -51.0 321 49 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14137 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 310 33 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16681 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 305 17 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.95 m Freezing level: 594.24 mb = 4507.88 m = 14789.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.30 mb = 3939.49 m = 12924.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.47 mb = 2776.95 m = 9110.62 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 33.88 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2563.51 m = 8410.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Cap Strength: -0.29 C Lifted Index: -8.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -8.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.84 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 45.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2845.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.75 mb = 2604.16 m = 8543.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.75 mb = 2660.32 m = 8727.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.75 mb = 12482.60 m = 40952.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2816.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.5 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 321.5 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.9 neg: -6.1 tot: 84.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 20.66 Bulk Shear: 137.73 m/s