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: 42.01,-101.07 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 563 SFC 903 1013 24.0 17.4 67 6.6 19.4 161 14 306.0 308.6 296.2 348.0 14.00 3 900 1039 23.9 17.5 68 6.3 19.4 161 16 306.1 308.7 296.3 348.4 14.12 4 850 1536 19.7 16.2 80 3.5 17.2 179 27 306.8 309.3 296.2 348.1 13.74 5 800 2057 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 211 30 308.3 311.0 296.8 350.9 14.06 6 750 2604 13.9 10.2 78 3.7 11.5 238 29 311.7 313.7 295.3 343.9 10.49 7 700 3185 12.2 -5.8 28 18.0 3.4 312 6 316.0 316.6 291.0 327.4 3.54 8 650 3799 7.0 -15.5 18 22.5 -1.8 329 8 316.9 317.2 289.6 322.7 1.76 9 600 4449 1.1 -17.8 23 19.0 -5.7 322 12 317.4 317.7 289.6 322.7 1.57 10 550 5141 -4.7 -24.0 21 19.2 -10.4 327 15 318.5 318.7 289.3 321.9 1.00 11 500 5881 -10.4 -28.7 21 18.3 -14.8 320 15 320.3 320.5 289.6 322.9 0.71 12 450 6683 -15.4 -37.1 14 21.7 -19.3 309 18 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.35 13 400 7561 -21.7 -40.4 17 18.7 -24.4 307 20 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.28 14 350 8530 -29.0 -34.1 62 5.0 -29.8 315 30 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.61 15 300 9612 -37.8 -41.3 69 3.6 -38.1 303 39 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.34 16 250 10844 -45.8 -52.6 46 6.8 -46.2 273 46 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.12 17 200 12299 -53.0 -67.6 15 14.6 -53.2 272 34 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14162 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 280 33 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16716 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 317 19 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.78 m Freezing level: 590.32 mb = 4582.83 m = 15035.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.61 mb = 3577.49 m = 11737.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.23 mb = 1852.51 m = 6077.70 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 28.94 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2364.67 m = 7758.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.59 C K Index: 28.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2077.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.76 mb = 1973.66 m = 6475.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.76 mb = 3763.83 m = 12348.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.76 mb = 12209.99 m = 40058.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2074.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.76 mb = 15424.63 m = 50605.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.7 neg: -11.0 tot: 347.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.66 Bulk Rich Number: 18.19 Bulk Shear: 114.18 m/s