MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 1 950 577 2 900 1061 SFC 881 1250 27.6 16.0 49 11.6 19.5 164 16 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.1 13.09 4 850 1566 24.2 14.8 56 9.4 17.7 168 23 311.5 313.9 296.6 350.0 12.55 5 800 2092 19.0 13.7 71 5.3 15.4 171 25 311.4 313.7 296.5 349.4 12.40 6 750 2643 13.8 12.8 93 1.1 13.1 178 26 311.6 313.9 296.6 349.8 12.45 7 700 3222 10.3 5.5 72 4.8 7.5 220 20 313.9 315.5 294.1 339.3 8.14 8 650 3838 8.3 -3.1 45 11.4 2.4 275 4 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.4 4.68 9 600 4492 2.2 -2.9 69 5.1 -0.4 296 5 318.7 319.7 293.1 335.3 5.15 10 550 5187 -3.7 -11.4 55 7.6 -6.9 295 11 319.7 320.2 291.5 329.3 2.92 11 500 5930 -10.2 -17.5 55 7.2 -12.6 306 12 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.94 12 450 6730 -16.9 -28.5 36 11.7 -19.5 279 12 322.0 322.2 290.2 324.9 0.81 13 400 7602 -23.6 -33.9 38 10.3 -25.3 263 23 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.3 0.55 14 350 8565 -29.7 -40.8 33 11.1 -31.0 267 41 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.31 15 300 9647 -37.1 -42.0 60 4.9 -37.6 273 47 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.32 16 250 10883 -46.1 -49.7 67 3.6 -46.3 285 48 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12344 -49.4 -65.0 14 15.6 -49.8 288 43 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.03 18 150 14208 -55.0 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 275 38 375.3 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16746 -63.7 -87.2 3 23.5 -63.9 259 8 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.30 m Freezing level: 581.33 mb = 4751.37 m = 15588.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.09 mb = 4395.90 m = 14422.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.51 mb = 2715.82 m = 8910.05 ft T: 13.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.36 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.05 mb = 2857.58 m = 9375.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.45 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 44.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2239.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.58 mb = 2748.91 m = 9018.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.58 mb = 3155.11 m = 10351.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 675.58 mb = 3516.92 m = 11538.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.58 mb = 15839.49 m = 51966.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.9 neg: -3.5 tot: 127.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.78 Bulk Rich Number: 47.28 Bulk Shear: 47.36 m/s