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: 41.21,-103.19 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 574 2 900 1058 SFC 870 1356 26.4 15.9 52 10.6 19.1 166 12 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.0 13.13 4 850 1564 24.8 15.0 54 9.9 18.0 170 19 312.2 314.6 296.9 351.2 12.70 5 800 2092 19.7 13.7 68 6.0 15.6 176 21 312.2 314.6 296.7 350.4 12.42 6 750 2644 14.4 12.7 89 1.7 13.3 181 23 312.2 314.6 296.7 350.4 12.40 7 700 3224 10.4 8.5 89 1.8 9.2 209 22 313.9 315.9 295.6 345.1 10.04 8 650 3838 7.5 -1.2 54 8.7 2.9 289 6 317.5 318.5 293.0 334.7 5.41 9 600 4491 2.2 -10.0 40 12.1 -3.1 347 6 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.4 2.99 10 550 5185 -4.4 -7.8 77 3.4 -5.9 311 5 318.9 319.7 292.1 331.5 3.86 11 500 5927 -10.9 -13.8 80 2.8 -12.0 307 5 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.5 2.64 12 450 6725 -17.9 -21.2 75 3.4 -18.8 241 5 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.1 1.56 13 400 7595 -23.9 -26.8 77 2.9 -24.5 246 20 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.7 1.07 14 350 8558 -29.5 -32.5 75 3.0 -30.0 266 30 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.71 15 300 9642 -36.7 -40.1 71 3.3 -37.1 272 39 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.39 16 250 10881 -45.1 -48.7 67 3.6 -45.3 284 46 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.7 0.18 17 200 12345 -50.3 -55.4 55 5.1 -50.5 296 37 353.2 353.2 297.4 353.6 0.10 18 150 14210 -55.1 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 274 32 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16745 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 265 8 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.35 m Freezing level: 583.41 mb = 4721.42 m = 15490.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.18 mb = 4142.90 m = 13592.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.57 mb = 2693.48 m = 8836.78 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 23.57 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.71 mb = 2932.16 m = 9619.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -8.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 48.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2384.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.28 mb = 2821.77 m = 9257.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.28 mb = 3113.02 m = 10213.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.28 mb = 12047.11 m = 39524.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2382.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.28 mb = 16189.97 m = 53116.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 121.79 Bulk Shear: 19.58 m/s