MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.21,-103.46 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 546 2 900 1027 SFC 860 1431 26.4 16.5 55 9.9 19.4 160 12 312.7 315.4 297.8 355.4 13.85 4 850 1530 23.4 15.7 62 7.7 18.1 162 12 310.7 313.2 296.9 351.4 13.31 5 800 2055 18.2 13.9 76 4.3 15.3 169 12 310.5 312.9 296.4 349.1 12.61 6 750 2611 19.1 -2.0 24 21.0 7.7 10 3 317.3 318.1 292.1 331.5 4.41 7 700 3197 14.1 -6.2 24 20.4 4.1 309 2 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.3 3.42 8 650 3815 8.5 -8.5 29 17.0 0.7 298 6 318.6 319.2 291.4 328.8 3.10 9 600 4469 2.5 -10.3 38 12.8 -3.1 279 9 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.6 2.90 10 550 5163 -3.8 -12.7 50 8.9 -7.3 274 13 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.62 11 500 5906 -10.2 -16.5 60 6.3 -12.4 290 19 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.7 2.10 12 450 6708 -16.9 -20.0 77 3.0 -17.9 290 26 321.9 322.3 291.1 327.9 1.74 13 400 7580 -23.3 -26.1 78 2.8 -23.9 289 39 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.7 1.14 14 350 8546 -29.2 -39.6 36 10.3 -30.6 288 50 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.35 15 300 9628 -37.9 -52.1 21 14.2 -38.8 286 57 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.10 16 250 10860 -45.9 -62.7 13 16.9 -46.4 283 63 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.03 17 200 12325 -50.6 -71.6 7 20.9 -51.0 283 51 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14186 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.1 286 33 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16725 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 303 8 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.15 m Freezing level: 580.09 mb = 4745.23 m = 15568.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.14 mb = 3926.87 m = 12883.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.12 mb = 2677.57 m = 8784.56 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 27.75 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.91 mb = 3713.96 m = 12184.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.42 C Showalter Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 28.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1796.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.32 mb = 2942.02 m = 9652.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.32 mb = 4249.41 m = 13941.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.32 mb = 11810.32 m = 38747.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1785.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.32 mb = 15261.91 m = 50071.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -73.6 tot: -48.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 27.19 Bulk Shear: 66.08 m/s