MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.75,-100.38 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -100.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 519 SFC 912 884 31.0 17.1 43 13.9 21.1 168 15 312.2 314.8 297.5 353.9 13.56 3 900 1005 29.6 16.1 44 13.5 20.2 170 19 312.1 314.5 297.0 351.8 12.93 4 850 1511 24.7 14.9 54 9.8 17.9 174 21 312.1 314.5 296.8 350.9 12.63 5 800 2039 19.6 13.7 69 5.9 15.5 178 21 312.0 314.4 296.7 350.1 12.39 6 750 2591 15.0 9.4 69 5.6 11.4 194 17 312.9 314.8 295.2 343.6 9.93 7 700 3171 11.4 2.7 55 8.7 6.4 246 10 315.1 316.4 293.3 336.0 6.64 8 650 3785 6.7 -6.5 38 13.2 0.4 282 14 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.3 3.63 9 600 4436 1.5 -12.7 34 14.2 -4.3 312 16 317.9 318.3 290.5 325.8 2.41 10 550 5130 -3.0 -20.1 25 17.1 -8.7 322 23 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.3 1.40 11 500 5877 -8.8 -13.2 70 4.5 -10.5 315 27 322.4 322.9 292.2 331.6 2.76 12 450 6683 -14.8 -18.4 74 3.6 -16.0 306 28 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.4 1.99 13 400 7561 -21.7 -32.1 38 10.4 -23.7 306 29 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.65 14 350 8531 -28.7 -45.3 19 16.6 -30.4 317 37 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.19 15 300 9614 -37.7 -46.6 39 8.9 -38.4 318 46 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.19 16 250 10844 -47.3 -57.0 32 9.7 -47.7 318 54 335.7 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12295 -52.4 -66.6 16 14.2 -52.7 305 52 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14147 -56.1 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.4 282 21 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16686 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 283 5 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.18 m Freezing level: 583.44 mb = 4665.61 m = 15306.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.41 mb = 3842.66 m = 12607.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.99 mb = 2635.82 m = 8647.59 ft T: 14.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 28.61 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.70 mb = 3020.12 m = 9908.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.77 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 39.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2392.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.29 mb = 2734.53 m = 8971.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.29 mb = 3383.59 m = 11100.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.29 mb = 12548.36 m = 41168.67 ft B at Equ Level: 2371.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.29 mb = 15959.58 m = 52360.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.2 neg: -2.1 tot: 103.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 18.06 Bulk Shear: 132.49 m/s