MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.07,-102.77 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -102.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 579 2 900 1060 SFC 883 1233 26.1 17.3 58 8.9 19.9 159 17 310.2 312.9 297.4 353.5 14.20 4 850 1562 22.2 16.1 68 6.1 17.9 162 23 309.4 312.0 296.8 350.9 13.65 5 800 2086 17.1 15.2 88 1.9 15.8 165 25 309.4 312.0 296.8 351.1 13.70 6 750 2634 13.2 12.7 96 0.5 12.9 200 23 311.0 313.3 296.4 348.9 12.41 7 700 3215 12.7 2.1 49 10.5 6.6 305 8 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.8 6.39 8 650 3832 8.1 -8.3 30 16.4 0.5 327 19 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.4 3.14 9 600 4485 2.4 -9.2 42 11.6 -2.8 323 19 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.3 3.17 10 550 5180 -3.9 -11.2 57 7.2 -6.9 308 14 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.2 2.97 11 500 5922 -10.4 -17.3 57 6.9 -12.7 295 13 320.4 320.7 290.9 327.0 1.97 12 450 6723 -17.0 -25.3 48 8.4 -19.0 265 14 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.08 13 400 7594 -23.8 -29.1 62 5.3 -24.9 259 19 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.86 14 350 8556 -29.2 -32.3 75 3.1 -29.7 276 31 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.73 15 300 9642 -36.6 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.0 272 45 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.3 0.40 16 250 10878 -46.4 -50.0 67 3.6 -46.6 273 61 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12339 -49.9 -62.2 22 12.3 -50.3 285 45 353.7 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.04 18 150 14202 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 280 37 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16741 -62.9 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 286 12 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.17 m Freezing level: 581.12 mb = 4747.44 m = 15575.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.56 mb = 3925.92 m = 12880.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.44 mb = 2350.78 m = 7712.43 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 22.70 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.50 mb = 2449.18 m = 8035.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: -7.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.48 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2423.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.01 mb = 2344.54 m = 7691.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.01 mb = 2622.66 m = 8604.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.01 mb = 2735.63 m = 8975.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 721.01 mb = 2966.01 m = 9730.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -138.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.4 neg: -16.6 tot: 173.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 19.74 Bulk Shear: 122.79 m/s