MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.94,-103.11 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 551 2 900 1030 SFC 876 1269 21.1 14.3 65 6.8 16.5 222 6 305.6 307.8 294.6 340.9 11.77 4 850 1530 22.6 10.2 45 12.4 14.7 235 15 309.8 311.6 293.9 338.1 9.24 5 800 2055 19.9 6.3 41 13.5 11.6 233 13 312.3 313.8 293.2 335.7 7.52 6 750 2607 15.8 4.7 48 11.1 9.2 221 15 313.7 315.1 293.3 336.1 7.16 7 700 3188 11.5 -1.9 39 13.5 4.5 226 16 315.3 316.2 291.8 330.4 4.75 8 650 3801 6.6 -6.0 40 12.6 0.5 222 12 316.4 317.1 291.3 328.5 3.75 9 600 4452 1.2 -10.5 41 11.7 -3.8 220 9 317.5 318.1 290.8 326.9 2.87 10 550 5143 -5.0 -11.0 63 6.0 -7.5 236 10 318.2 318.7 291.2 328.0 3.00 11 500 5884 -10.9 -12.8 86 1.9 -11.6 288 16 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.86 12 450 6684 -16.5 -23.6 54 7.1 -18.4 298 23 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.9 1.27 13 400 7560 -22.2 -38.7 21 16.6 -24.6 308 27 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.34 14 350 8526 -30.1 -45.4 21 15.4 -31.6 293 30 328.2 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.19 15 300 9604 -38.1 -64.3 5 26.2 -39.2 275 33 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.02 16 250 10833 -46.9 -61.8 17 14.8 -47.4 258 32 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.04 17 200 12293 -49.9 -70.9 7 21.1 -50.3 264 24 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14173 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 266 27 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16723 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 321 13 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.76 m Freezing level: 590.30 mb = 4585.85 m = 15045.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.69 mb = 3880.53 m = 12731.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.61 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.81 mb = 2142.87 m = 7030.32 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 9.22 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.16 mb = 3989.00 m = 13087.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.15 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 30.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 241.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.82 mb = 3309.16 m = 10856.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.82 mb = 4792.37 m = 15722.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.82 mb = 10969.91 m = 35990.08 ft B at Equ Level: 609.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.82 mb = 12809.00 m = 42023.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.1 neg: -24.5 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 138.24 Bulk Shear: 4.49 m/s