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: 41.69,-103.62 Latitude: 41.69 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 531 2 900 1017 SFC 872 1297 30.2 14.6 39 15.6 19.4 141 11 315.4 317.7 297.3 353.0 12.04 4 850 1524 26.0 13.4 46 12.6 17.4 144 11 313.4 315.6 296.4 348.8 11.45 5 800 2053 20.8 11.6 55 9.3 14.7 151 9 313.4 315.4 295.9 346.7 10.78 6 750 2609 18.5 -3.3 22 21.8 7.1 356 4 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.6 4.01 7 700 3194 13.9 -8.6 20 22.5 3.3 310 6 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.2 2.84 8 650 3812 8.3 -9.7 27 17.9 0.2 313 9 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.6 2.82 9 600 4465 2.3 -10.0 40 12.3 -3.1 297 13 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.6 2.97 10 550 5159 -4.1 -14.6 44 10.5 -8.1 288 16 319.2 319.6 290.7 326.7 2.24 11 500 5901 -10.0 -22.2 36 12.3 -13.6 292 25 320.9 321.1 290.4 325.3 1.29 12 450 6703 -16.6 -24.7 49 8.1 -18.6 290 30 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.4 1.15 13 400 7577 -22.7 -33.3 37 10.6 -24.6 284 35 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.58 14 350 8543 -29.4 -41.8 29 12.4 -30.9 291 42 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28 15 300 9623 -38.4 -48.4 34 10.0 -39.1 287 46 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 16 250 10852 -46.5 -65.8 9 19.4 -47.0 286 50 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 17 200 12314 -50.8 -71.7 7 20.9 -51.2 277 48 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14175 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 289 33 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16723 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 304 10 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.60 m Freezing level: 581.99 mb = 4714.99 m = 15468.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.44 mb = 3843.90 m = 12611.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.08 mb = 3253.22 m = 10673.16 ft T: 13.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 25.80 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.44 mb = 3831.39 m = 12570.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.31 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 26.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1769.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.94 mb = 3327.10 m = 10915.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.94 mb = 4277.53 m = 14033.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.94 mb = 11872.49 m = 38951.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1753.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.94 mb = 14886.66 m = 48840.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.1 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 320.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -44.4 tot: -21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 20.67 Bulk Shear: 85.61 m/s