MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 42.14,-103.09 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -103.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 530 2 900 1014 SFC 874 1272 29.6 12.9 36 16.7 18.3 17 9 314.6 316.7 296.2 348.1 10.77 4 850 1519 25.0 12.0 44 13.1 16.4 17 9 312.4 314.3 295.4 344.4 10.39 5 800 2047 19.7 10.9 57 8.8 13.9 15 8 312.1 314.1 295.3 343.8 10.29 6 750 2598 14.3 9.8 74 4.5 11.4 13 7 312.1 314.0 295.1 343.5 10.17 7 700 3176 9.1 5.0 75 4.1 6.6 304 5 312.6 314.0 293.5 336.8 7.82 8 650 3785 4.8 -1.6 63 6.4 1.5 298 11 314.4 315.4 292.0 330.9 5.23 9 600 4432 -0.7 -4.5 75 3.8 -2.6 290 13 315.3 316.1 291.6 329.8 4.55 10 550 5120 -6.1 -7.8 88 1.7 -6.8 279 13 316.8 317.6 291.5 329.3 3.87 11 500 5858 -11.5 -13.1 88 1.6 -12.1 268 13 319.0 319.5 291.2 328.2 2.79 12 450 6657 -16.8 -21.0 70 4.2 -18.0 285 12 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.6 1.59 13 400 7532 -22.4 -30.8 47 8.3 -24.1 330 12 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.74 14 350 8497 -30.0 -38.2 44 8.3 -31.0 1 10 328.4 328.4 291.7 329.9 0.40 15 300 9574 -39.4 -45.5 52 6.1 -39.9 21 6 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.22 16 250 10794 -47.3 -62.0 17 14.8 -47.7 339 13 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.04 17 200 12259 -50.1 -75.0 4 25.0 -50.5 316 30 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14124 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 306 24 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16685 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 311 14 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.15 m Freezing level: 606.70 mb = 4344.93 m = 14254.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.87 mb = 4013.66 m = 13168.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.79 mb = 3344.21 m = 10971.67 ft T: 7.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 20.52 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3189.31 m = 10463.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 44.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1810.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.02 mb = 3175.28 m = 10417.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.02 mb = 3234.26 m = 10610.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.02 mb = 11485.11 m = 37680.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1807.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.02 mb = 14788.40 m = 48517.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.5 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 330.5 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 94.52 Bulk Shear: 19.15 m/s