MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 180 1 950 631 2 900 1100 SFC 884 1250 18.4 17.7 96 0.7 17.9 356 11 301.9 304.6 295.5 344.8 14.55 4 850 1590 15.8 15.3 97 0.4 15.5 0 17 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.1 13.01 5 800 2105 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 13.9 29 6 306.2 308.5 295.2 343.8 12.52 6 750 2649 11.7 11.4 98 0.3 11.5 161 3 309.3 311.4 295.3 343.9 11.39 7 700 3224 8.3 7.7 96 0.7 7.9 197 9 311.7 313.5 294.5 340.9 9.46 8 650 3834 4.9 4.1 95 0.8 4.4 198 13 314.5 316.0 294.1 339.3 7.93 9 600 4484 0.8 0.5 98 0.2 0.7 196 16 317.0 318.3 293.9 338.1 6.65 10 550 5178 -3.1 -3.6 96 0.5 -3.3 197 18 320.5 321.5 293.8 337.8 5.35 11 500 5928 -7.1 -7.7 95 0.6 -7.4 201 20 324.4 325.3 294.0 338.6 4.28 12 450 6743 -11.7 -12.7 93 1.0 -12.1 207 21 328.5 329.1 294.1 339.4 3.21 13 400 7636 -17.2 -18.7 88 1.5 -17.7 218 23 332.7 333.1 294.4 340.4 2.19 14 350 8624 -24.0 -26.0 84 1.9 -24.5 230 25 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.1 1.32 15 300 9730 -32.6 -35.0 79 2.4 -33.0 240 28 339.4 339.5 294.8 341.9 0.65 16 250 10985 -43.2 -46.1 73 2.9 -43.5 248 32 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.8 0.24 17 200 12444 -56.0 -59.8 62 3.8 -56.1 258 38 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.06 18 150 14254 -52.0 -78.5 3 26.4 -52.5 301 37 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.01 19 100 16792 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 271 8 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.35 m Freezing level: 589.80 mb = 4625.25 m = 15174.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4595.29 m = 15076.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.06 mb = 1331.58 m = 4368.65 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.13 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1851.64 m = 6074.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.77 C = 69.39 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 266.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.65 mb = 1806.08 m = 5925.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.65 mb = 3063.20 m = 10049.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.65 mb = 10619.21 m = 34839.52 ft B at Equ Level: 266.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.65 mb = 13332.95 m = 43742.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 232.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 94.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 106.60 m/s