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,-101.83 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 593 2 900 1071 SFC 892 1146 26.3 19.1 65 7.2 21.1 180 14 309.3 312.3 298.2 357.4 15.79 4 850 1570 19.7 17.1 85 2.7 17.9 181 18 306.8 309.5 296.7 350.6 14.55 5 800 2089 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 189 21 307.6 309.9 295.3 343.9 12.03 6 750 2638 15.7 2.4 41 13.3 8.1 200 20 313.6 314.8 292.4 332.7 6.08 7 700 3220 12.2 -1.4 39 13.6 4.9 228 17 316.0 317.0 292.2 331.8 4.94 8 650 3835 7.9 -7.8 32 15.7 0.5 270 14 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.5 3.26 9 600 4489 2.7 -12.9 31 15.6 -3.7 314 15 319.3 319.8 290.9 327.2 2.37 10 550 5184 -3.6 -13.6 46 10.1 -7.5 314 13 319.8 320.3 291.1 327.9 2.42 11 500 5928 -9.7 -20.3 42 10.6 -13.0 305 15 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.4 1.52 12 450 6731 -15.1 -31.1 24 16.0 -18.6 298 28 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.64 13 400 7610 -21.5 -32.9 35 11.4 -23.6 294 34 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.60 14 350 8581 -27.9 -41.6 26 13.7 -29.6 294 47 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.28 15 300 9668 -36.5 -49.9 24 13.4 -37.5 294 61 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 16 250 10909 -44.3 -65.3 8 20.9 -45.0 295 63 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12387 -48.2 -74.6 3 26.4 -48.8 280 62 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14229 -58.3 -81.8 3 23.5 -58.6 282 38 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16726 -65.1 -86.4 4 21.3 -65.3 157 3 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.64 m Freezing level: 578.35 mb = 4789.82 m = 15714.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.52 mb = 3917.05 m = 12851.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.78 mb = 2048.73 m = 6721.46 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 30.18 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.85 mb = 2948.73 m = 9674.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -6.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -7.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.46 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1816.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.98 mb = 2089.25 m = 6854.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.98 mb = 4026.01 m = 13208.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.98 mb = 11908.21 m = 39068.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1796.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.98 mb = 15866.01 m = 52053.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 25.58 Bulk Shear: 71.02 m/s