MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.24,-101.46 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 561 2 900 1044 SFC 899 1057 30.1 17.2 46 12.8 20.9 162 17 312.6 315.3 297.8 355.5 13.91 4 850 1548 23.0 15.7 64 7.3 17.9 165 21 310.2 312.7 296.8 350.9 13.32 5 800 2073 17.8 14.6 81 3.2 15.6 167 22 310.1 312.6 296.7 350.2 13.15 6 750 2622 15.8 3.6 44 12.2 8.7 211 19 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.5 6.63 7 700 3205 13.0 -2.5 34 15.5 4.9 260 19 316.9 317.8 292.1 331.5 4.56 8 650 3822 8.5 -11.1 24 19.6 -0.1 297 15 318.6 319.1 290.8 326.9 2.51 9 600 4476 2.8 -13.5 29 16.3 -3.8 318 14 319.4 319.8 290.9 326.9 2.26 10 550 5172 -3.4 -15.9 37 12.6 -7.9 306 13 320.1 320.5 290.8 326.9 2.01 11 500 5916 -9.1 -24.0 29 14.9 -13.3 299 20 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.10 12 450 6722 -14.7 -22.1 54 7.3 -16.8 291 29 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.8 1.45 13 400 7603 -20.7 -33.0 32 12.4 -23.0 290 35 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.3 0.59 14 350 8576 -27.8 -46.1 16 18.3 -29.7 293 48 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.17 15 300 9663 -36.5 -57.3 10 20.8 -37.7 292 59 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 16 250 10904 -44.3 -62.3 12 18.0 -45.0 292 63 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12379 -48.7 -74.0 4 25.3 -49.3 281 70 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14225 -58.1 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 292 42 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16719 -63.9 -85.3 4 21.5 -64.0 207 5 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.84 m Freezing level: 577.04 mb = 4795.39 m = 15732.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.98 mb = 3809.36 m = 12497.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.24 mb = 2664.46 m = 8741.56 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 28.54 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.27 mb = 3237.49 m = 10621.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.29 C = 93.73 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2044.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.56 mb = 2514.26 m = 8248.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.56 mb = 3890.62 m = 12764.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.56 mb = 12230.36 m = 40125.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2017.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.56 mb = 15882.82 m = 52108.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 176.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.06 Bulk Rich Number: 16.68 Bulk Shear: 122.56 m/s