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: 41.41,-102.45 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 517 2 900 1002 SFC 886 1143 28.8 19.2 56 9.6 21.8 125 13 312.6 315.6 299.1 361.9 16.01 4 850 1508 24.3 18.0 68 6.3 19.8 128 16 311.6 314.6 298.5 359.2 15.50 5 800 2036 19.2 17.1 87 2.2 17.7 131 16 311.6 314.6 298.5 359.2 15.49 6 750 2589 16.0 10.5 70 5.4 12.4 214 8 313.9 316.0 296.0 347.2 10.72 7 700 3172 13.1 -8.2 22 21.3 3.1 279 11 317.0 317.6 290.7 326.7 2.95 8 650 3788 7.8 -14.7 18 22.5 -1.3 300 13 317.8 318.1 290.0 324.1 1.88 9 600 4441 3.4 -22.8 13 26.2 -5.2 317 21 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.6 1.02 10 550 5139 -2.7 -13.4 43 10.7 -7.0 306 25 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.1 2.46 11 500 5885 -8.9 -19.8 41 10.9 -12.4 306 36 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.6 1.59 12 450 6690 -15.4 -34.0 19 18.6 -19.1 309 40 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.48 13 400 7566 -22.3 -41.5 16 19.3 -24.9 306 45 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.25 14 350 8531 -29.7 -46.4 18 16.6 -31.3 304 41 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.17 15 300 9614 -36.8 -53.5 16 16.7 -37.8 304 47 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.09 16 250 10851 -45.4 -60.3 17 14.9 -45.9 302 52 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12314 -51.8 -66.2 16 14.4 -52.1 298 51 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.03 18 150 14162 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 294 24 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16690 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 225 7 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.25 m Freezing level: 572.04 mb = 4831.37 m = 15850.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.64 mb = 3603.13 m = 11821.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.73 mb = 2355.33 m = 7727.37 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 38.31 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.95 mb = 2566.57 m = 8420.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -9.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -9.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.24 C Cross Totals Index: 26.95 C K Index: 29.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3539.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.84 mb = 2331.89 m = 7650.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.84 mb = 3198.11 m = 10492.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.84 mb = 13068.32 m = 42874.55 ft B at Equ Level: 3534.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 167.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.38 Bulk Rich Number: 19.17 Bulk Shear: 184.66 m/s