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: 41.14,-102.11 Latitude: 41.14 Longitude: -102.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 523 2 900 1006 SFC 892 1088 28.0 19.8 61 8.2 22.1 130 14 311.2 314.4 299.1 361.9 16.52 4 850 1510 22.8 18.4 76 4.4 19.6 131 17 310.0 313.0 298.4 358.3 15.85 5 800 2037 19.4 16.6 84 2.9 17.4 143 12 311.9 314.7 298.3 357.9 15.00 6 750 2590 15.7 11.9 78 3.8 13.1 210 6 313.6 315.9 296.6 350.0 11.75 7 700 3174 13.0 -0.3 40 13.2 5.7 279 14 316.8 317.9 292.7 333.9 5.36 8 650 3790 7.8 -12.5 22 20.4 -0.7 298 15 317.8 318.3 290.3 325.3 2.25 9 600 4443 3.5 -23.4 12 26.9 -5.3 316 20 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.5 0.97 10 550 5141 -2.5 -15.7 36 13.2 -7.4 308 25 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.1 2.05 11 500 5887 -8.9 -19.9 40 11.0 -12.4 307 34 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.6 1.58 12 450 6692 -15.2 -30.1 27 14.9 -18.5 311 39 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.6 0.70 13 400 7570 -21.9 -44.6 11 22.7 -24.8 309 44 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.18 14 350 8535 -29.7 -46.4 18 16.7 -31.3 304 41 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.17 15 300 9618 -36.8 -53.7 16 16.9 -37.8 305 45 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.09 16 250 10855 -45.3 -60.7 16 15.4 -45.9 302 51 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.04 17 200 12319 -51.9 -66.2 16 14.3 -52.2 299 51 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14165 -57.2 -80.7 4 23.5 -57.5 294 26 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16692 -63.3 -87.4 2 24.1 -63.5 229 9 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.50 m Freezing level: 570.88 mb = 4849.27 m = 15909.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.76 mb = 3716.40 m = 12192.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.16 mb = 2131.96 m = 6994.54 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 38.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.57 mb = 2481.44 m = 8141.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.08 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -8.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -8.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.67 C Cross Totals Index: 27.24 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3432.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.24 mb = 2196.38 m = 7205.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.24 mb = 3170.76 m = 10402.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.24 mb = 13352.37 m = 43806.45 ft B at Equ Level: 3394.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.9 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 332.9 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.9 neg: -3.1 tot: 158.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.37 Bulk Shear: 186.84 m/s