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: 41.23,-102.88 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 879 1272 25.6 17.2 60 8.4 19.6 162 15 310.0 312.7 297.3 353.3 14.20 4 850 1563 22.5 16.3 68 6.2 18.1 166 22 309.7 312.3 297.0 351.8 13.82 5 800 2087 17.4 15.3 88 2.1 16.0 169 23 309.7 312.3 297.0 351.8 13.83 6 750 2635 13.4 12.4 94 0.9 12.8 204 22 311.1 313.4 296.3 348.5 12.20 7 700 3215 12.0 2.7 53 9.3 6.6 295 11 315.8 317.1 293.5 336.8 6.65 8 650 3831 7.6 -5.1 40 12.7 1.3 322 20 317.6 318.3 291.9 330.5 4.01 9 600 4484 2.1 -8.7 45 10.8 -2.7 324 21 318.6 319.2 291.5 329.4 3.31 10 550 5178 -3.9 -12.6 51 8.7 -7.4 318 14 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.1 2.63 11 500 5920 -10.5 -17.9 54 7.4 -12.9 303 10 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.5 1.87 12 450 6720 -17.3 -22.9 62 5.6 -18.8 254 12 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.1 1.35 13 400 7590 -23.8 -26.8 76 3.1 -24.4 260 16 324.1 324.3 291.1 327.8 1.06 14 350 8553 -29.5 -32.5 75 3.0 -30.0 287 21 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.5 0.71 15 300 9637 -37.0 -40.3 71 3.3 -37.3 274 33 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.38 16 250 10873 -46.1 -49.7 66 3.7 -46.3 274 52 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12336 -49.6 -57.2 40 7.6 -49.9 287 41 354.2 354.3 297.6 354.6 0.08 18 150 14202 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 281 36 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16741 -62.8 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 288 12 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.04 m Freezing level: 582.56 mb = 4726.00 m = 15505.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.81 mb = 4036.78 m = 13243.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.46 mb = 2329.69 m = 7643.24 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 25.67 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2466.61 m = 8092.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.96 C Cross Totals Index: 26.77 C K Index: 39.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2527.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.66 mb = 2360.40 m = 7744.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.66 mb = 2639.20 m = 8658.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.66 mb = 2866.54 m = 9404.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 719.66 mb = 2982.56 m = 9785.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -151.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 194.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.57 Bulk Shear: 111.96 m/s