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: 41.89,-103.67 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 533 2 900 1018 SFC 876 1262 29.7 14.9 40 14.9 19.4 140 11 314.6 317.0 297.2 352.6 12.22 4 850 1524 25.3 13.3 47 12.0 17.2 141 12 312.6 314.8 296.1 347.8 11.39 5 800 2053 21.2 7.5 41 13.7 12.6 155 7 313.8 315.3 294.1 339.1 8.14 6 750 2609 18.8 -6.1 18 24.8 6.3 353 4 316.9 317.6 291.0 327.5 3.24 7 700 3194 13.9 -10.6 17 24.4 2.8 306 6 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.9 2.44 8 650 3811 8.2 -9.4 28 17.6 0.2 309 12 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.7 2.88 9 600 4464 2.1 -11.2 37 13.3 -3.5 301 15 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.5 2.71 10 550 5158 -4.3 -15.1 43 10.8 -8.3 294 18 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.2 2.14 11 500 5899 -10.1 -24.9 29 14.8 -14.1 294 25 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.3 1.01 12 450 6701 -16.5 -28.3 35 11.8 -19.1 290 30 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.83 13 400 7575 -22.7 -37.2 25 14.5 -24.9 283 34 325.5 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.39 14 350 8541 -29.5 -42.8 27 13.2 -31.0 291 43 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.25 15 300 9620 -38.5 -47.5 38 8.9 -39.2 287 48 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 16 250 10848 -46.8 -64.8 11 18.0 -47.3 287 47 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.03 17 200 12309 -50.4 -72.2 6 21.7 -50.9 276 46 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14172 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.7 288 34 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16722 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 303 11 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.10 m Freezing level: 583.36 mb = 4694.78 m = 15402.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.35 mb = 3844.35 m = 12612.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.12 mb = 3132.03 m = 10275.57 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.89 mb = 4015.81 m = 13175.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 24.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1333.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.62 mb = 3489.03 m = 11446.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.62 mb = 4455.48 m = 14617.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.62 mb = 11376.09 m = 37322.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1332.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.62 mb = 14144.94 m = 46406.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.4 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 322.4 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -35.1 tot: -8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 14.91 Bulk Shear: 89.42 m/s