MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-101.33 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -101.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 601 SFC 905 1031 27.3 19.1 61 8.2 21.5 177 14 309.2 312.1 298.0 356.6 15.61 3 900 1079 24.8 17.9 65 6.9 19.9 177 16 307.1 309.8 296.8 350.8 14.50 4 850 1576 19.1 16.4 84 2.7 17.2 177 19 306.2 308.8 296.2 348.1 13.96 5 800 2095 14.5 13.0 91 1.5 13.6 186 21 306.7 308.9 294.9 342.4 11.88 6 750 2641 13.8 6.0 59 7.8 9.2 196 20 311.6 313.1 293.3 335.9 7.86 7 700 3220 11.4 -1.6 40 13.0 4.5 226 16 315.1 316.1 291.9 330.6 4.87 8 650 3834 7.1 -4.9 42 11.9 1.2 260 17 317.0 317.7 291.7 330.2 4.09 9 600 4486 2.4 -10.6 38 13.0 -3.2 298 17 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.2 2.84 10 550 5181 -3.4 -14.6 42 11.2 -7.7 303 15 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.5 2.24 11 500 5926 -9.7 -21.0 39 11.3 -13.2 302 15 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.1 1.43 12 450 6729 -15.0 -36.4 14 21.4 -19.0 299 26 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.38 13 400 7608 -21.5 -35.0 29 13.5 -23.8 296 35 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.49 14 350 8579 -27.9 -43.1 22 15.3 -29.6 296 46 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.24 15 300 9667 -36.4 -51.2 20 14.8 -37.4 294 61 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.11 16 250 10910 -44.1 -66.6 6 22.6 -44.7 296 60 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.02 17 200 12385 -49.1 -74.3 4 25.2 -49.7 281 59 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14227 -57.9 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 288 40 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16724 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.8 -65.1 135 2 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.03 m Freezing level: 579.47 mb = 4771.44 m = 15654.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.44 mb = 4005.43 m = 13141.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.20 mb = 2060.47 m = 6759.99 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 30.86 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 2001.21 m = 6565.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.79 C = 76.63 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 26.14 C K Index: 32.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 495.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1550.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.82 mb = 2000.92 m = 6564.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.82 mb = 2053.93 m = 6738.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.82 mb = 2267.48 m = 7439.15 ft B at Equ Level: 4.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 753.82 mb = 2597.59 m = 8522.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 22.66 Bulk Shear: 68.43 m/s