MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.53,-101.7 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 532 2 900 1010 SFC 899 1016 25.0 21.1 79 3.9 22.2 120 13 307.3 310.7 298.9 361.2 17.82 4 850 1511 24.2 15.5 58 8.7 18.2 147 19 311.5 314.0 297.0 351.9 13.16 5 800 2040 21.0 12.9 60 8.1 15.5 181 14 313.5 315.8 296.6 350.0 11.80 6 750 2594 16.1 11.2 73 4.9 12.9 199 13 314.1 316.2 296.4 348.9 11.22 7 700 3177 11.3 8.2 81 3.1 9.3 239 12 315.0 316.9 295.6 345.5 9.79 8 650 3792 7.0 2.1 71 4.9 4.2 290 18 316.9 318.3 294.0 338.7 6.88 9 600 4445 2.9 -19.0 18 21.9 -4.9 315 22 319.5 319.8 290.1 324.4 1.42 10 550 5143 -2.4 -18.4 28 15.9 -8.0 319 26 321.2 321.5 290.8 326.8 1.64 11 500 5889 -8.6 -29.5 17 20.9 -13.7 313 32 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.0 0.67 12 450 6695 -14.6 -32.4 20 17.8 -18.4 314 40 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.56 13 400 7575 -21.2 -42.8 12 21.6 -24.2 311 42 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.22 14 350 8543 -29.3 -41.0 31 11.7 -30.7 303 43 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.30 15 300 9627 -36.5 -53.0 17 16.5 -37.6 305 44 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.09 16 250 10868 -44.6 -61.3 14 16.6 -45.2 303 51 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12334 -52.2 -68.7 12 16.5 -52.5 301 54 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14172 -57.8 -80.5 4 22.7 -58.0 296 27 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16692 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 257 12 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.18 m Freezing level: 572.58 mb = 4827.69 m = 15838.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.81 mb = 4088.48 m = 13413.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.14 mb = 1509.35 m = 4951.87 ft T: 24.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 36.78 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2855.78 m = 9369.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.52 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 45.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2538.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.63 mb = 2450.99 m = 8041.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.63 mb = 3205.33 m = 10516.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.63 mb = 12741.85 m = 41803.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2524.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.2 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 328.2 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 259.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.15 Bulk Rich Number: 12.91 Bulk Shear: 196.64 m/s