MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.78,-100.52 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -100.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 910 910 26.7 21.6 74 5.0 23.0 126 14 308.0 311.4 299.3 363.0 18.18 3 900 1012 24.9 21.2 80 3.8 22.2 128 16 307.2 310.5 298.9 361.0 17.85 4 850 1512 21.9 19.7 87 2.3 20.3 165 21 309.1 312.4 299.0 361.5 17.21 5 800 2039 19.2 16.3 84 2.9 17.2 185 17 311.6 314.4 298.1 356.9 14.76 6 750 2591 15.9 8.3 60 7.7 11.1 225 11 313.9 315.6 294.9 342.4 9.19 7 700 3174 12.1 0.3 44 11.8 5.6 268 13 315.9 316.9 292.7 333.6 5.60 8 650 3788 7.1 -8.5 32 15.6 -0.0 287 14 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.0 3.09 9 600 4439 1.6 -12.4 35 13.9 -4.1 316 13 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.1 2.46 10 550 5133 -2.8 -18.5 29 15.7 -8.2 325 22 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.3 1.62 11 500 5880 -9.1 -12.0 79 2.9 -10.2 321 24 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.1 3.04 12 450 6685 -15.2 -27.3 35 12.1 -18.1 307 26 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.3 0.90 13 400 7564 -21.0 -34.3 29 13.3 -23.4 303 22 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.52 14 350 8535 -28.4 -47.9 14 19.4 -30.4 314 33 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.14 15 300 9620 -36.8 -52.5 18 15.7 -37.8 309 38 333.5 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.10 16 250 10858 -45.5 -59.4 19 13.9 -46.0 311 53 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12313 -53.4 -67.8 16 14.4 -53.7 302 58 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14150 -56.9 -80.9 3 24.0 -57.2 281 20 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16682 -62.3 -89.2 2 26.9 -62.6 269 6 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.72 m Freezing level: 581.88 mb = 4690.67 m = 15389.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.35 mb = 3783.87 m = 12414.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.48 mb = 1548.23 m = 5079.43 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 35.38 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2192.61 m = 7193.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -9.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -9.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.04 C Cross Totals Index: 28.76 C K Index: 38.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 517.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3866.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.44 mb = 1787.86 m = 5865.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.44 mb = 2722.60 m = 8932.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.44 mb = 13410.22 m = 43996.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3846.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.7 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 321.7 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.75 Bulk Rich Number: 24.81 Bulk Shear: 155.86 m/s