MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-101.26 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -101.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 559 SFC 911 926 22.9 18.0 74 4.9 19.5 142 11 304.0 306.7 296.0 347.0 14.44 3 900 1035 23.1 17.8 72 5.3 19.4 149 20 305.3 308.0 296.3 348.3 14.37 4 850 1535 24.0 14.0 54 10.0 17.2 187 33 311.3 313.5 296.1 347.8 11.90 5 800 2063 20.6 11.9 57 8.7 14.8 200 25 313.1 315.2 296.0 347.2 11.02 6 750 2617 16.5 9.7 64 6.8 12.1 218 18 314.5 316.4 295.7 346.0 10.13 7 700 3200 12.1 6.4 68 5.6 8.6 246 12 315.8 317.5 295.0 343.0 8.65 8 650 3816 7.5 -6.6 36 14.1 0.7 322 4 317.5 318.1 291.5 329.1 3.58 9 600 4469 4.0 -22.4 13 26.4 -4.8 346 12 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.5 1.06 10 550 5169 -1.7 -15.9 33 14.2 -7.0 334 18 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.01 11 500 5919 -7.7 -16.4 50 8.7 -10.8 321 25 323.7 324.1 292.0 330.9 2.13 12 450 6727 -14.5 -21.9 54 7.3 -16.7 318 26 324.9 325.2 291.7 330.1 1.47 13 400 7607 -20.7 -31.9 36 11.2 -22.9 319 30 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.66 14 350 8582 -27.1 -43.1 21 15.9 -29.1 305 26 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.24 15 300 9671 -36.6 -51.2 21 14.7 -37.6 319 33 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 16 250 10908 -45.4 -56.8 27 11.4 -45.9 317 52 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12365 -53.6 -67.8 16 14.2 -53.9 317 63 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14195 -57.9 -79.8 4 22.0 -58.1 297 35 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16700 -63.9 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 298 5 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.62 m Freezing level: 564.69 mb = 4963.09 m = 16282.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.51 mb = 3897.79 m = 12787.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.37 mb = 1551.40 m = 5089.82 ft T: 23.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 23.84 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.24 mb = 3221.08 m = 10567.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 39.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1509.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.63 mb = 2462.35 m = 8078.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.63 mb = 4487.41 m = 14722.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.63 mb = 12408.98 m = 40711.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1497.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.63 mb = 15644.44 m = 51326.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.1 neg: -24.2 tot: 255.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.64 Bulk Rich Number: 9.40 Bulk Shear: 160.58 m/s