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: 41.47,-102.33 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -102.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 591 2 900 1070 SFC 894 1130 25.7 17.7 61 8.0 20.0 151 17 308.6 311.3 297.1 352.1 14.37 4 850 1570 21.1 16.5 75 4.6 17.9 155 24 308.3 310.9 296.8 350.8 14.06 5 800 2092 16.2 15.5 95 0.8 15.7 165 26 308.5 311.1 296.8 350.7 13.95 6 750 2639 12.6 11.6 93 1.1 11.9 198 29 310.3 312.4 295.6 345.4 11.49 7 700 3216 10.9 3.5 60 7.4 6.6 244 13 314.6 316.0 293.5 336.7 7.05 8 650 3833 8.5 -8.1 30 16.5 0.7 336 8 318.5 319.2 291.5 329.0 3.20 9 600 4487 2.6 -10.7 37 13.3 -3.1 313 13 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.4 2.82 10 550 5183 -3.8 -9.0 67 5.2 -6.1 296 14 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.1 3.53 11 500 5925 -10.5 -17.6 56 7.1 -12.8 304 14 320.3 320.6 290.8 326.7 1.92 12 450 6725 -16.7 -32.8 23 16.1 -19.9 288 17 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.54 13 400 7598 -23.4 -37.1 27 13.7 -25.5 281 21 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.40 14 350 8561 -30.1 -37.3 50 7.1 -31.1 284 25 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.44 15 300 9641 -37.5 -41.1 69 3.5 -37.9 278 35 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.35 16 250 10875 -46.1 -49.8 66 3.7 -46.3 284 52 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12337 -50.4 -65.5 15 15.1 -50.8 288 34 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.03 18 150 14197 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 275 35 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16739 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 266 11 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.38 m Freezing level: 579.73 mb = 4769.02 m = 15646.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.65 mb = 3951.51 m = 12964.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.29 mb = 2142.09 m = 7027.76 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 23.65 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2221.28 m = 7287.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -7.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.61 C Cross Totals Index: 27.02 C K Index: 40.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2433.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.55 mb = 2160.62 m = 7088.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.55 mb = 2322.37 m = 7619.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.55 mb = 3233.39 m = 10608.10 ft B at Equ Level: 12.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.55 mb = 16224.51 m = 53229.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.3 neg: -13.9 tot: 219.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.50 Bulk Rich Number: 23.80 Bulk Shear: 102.26 m/s