MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.00,-102.88 Latitude: 41.00 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 128 1 950 581 2 900 1062 SFC 881 1250 27.3 16.7 52 10.6 19.8 163 20 311.5 314.1 297.4 353.5 13.70 4 850 1565 22.6 15.5 64 7.0 17.7 164 26 309.8 312.3 296.6 349.8 13.16 5 800 2089 17.3 14.3 82 3.0 15.3 165 27 309.6 312.0 296.4 348.9 12.91 6 750 2637 12.4 11.7 96 0.7 12.0 172 27 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.5 11.63 7 700 3215 12.0 0.1 44 11.9 5.5 211 12 315.8 316.8 292.6 333.3 5.51 8 650 3832 8.4 -2.4 47 10.8 2.7 281 8 318.4 319.4 292.9 334.4 4.95 9 600 4487 2.3 -3.8 64 6.1 -0.8 292 11 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.3 4.81 10 550 5182 -3.5 -7.1 76 3.6 -5.1 277 15 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.3 4.09 11 500 5926 -10.0 -15.9 62 5.8 -12.1 280 18 320.8 321.3 291.2 328.3 2.22 12 450 6727 -16.5 -29.9 31 13.4 -19.4 283 20 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.0 0.71 13 400 7601 -23.3 -39.3 22 15.9 -25.6 280 25 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.32 14 350 8562 -30.8 -45.6 22 14.8 -32.2 275 35 327.2 327.3 291.1 328.0 0.18 15 300 9637 -39.0 -56.0 15 17.0 -39.9 270 39 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 16 250 10864 -46.3 -64.0 12 17.7 -46.8 268 40 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 12337 -48.2 -71.1 5 22.9 -48.7 273 45 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14203 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.7 256 46 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16740 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.2 -63.3 281 8 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.54 m Freezing level: 580.29 mb = 4760.83 m = 15619.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.39 mb = 4332.99 m = 14215.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.06 mb = 2579.65 m = 8463.31 ft T: 12.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 20.28 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.77 mb = 2482.35 m = 8144.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.34 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 575.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2308.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.33 mb = 2487.21 m = 8160.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.33 mb = 2542.98 m = 8343.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.33 mb = 2882.62 m = 9457.29 ft B at Equ Level: 11.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.33 mb = 3235.26 m = 10614.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -21.6 tot: 57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 27.56 Bulk Shear: 83.77 m/s