MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.29,-101.82 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -101.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 514 2 900 1005 SFC 886 1144 34.2 17.5 37 16.7 22.1 183 13 318.1 320.9 299.3 363.2 14.31 4 850 1518 28.6 15.9 46 12.7 19.6 187 15 316.1 318.7 298.4 358.2 13.50 5 800 2053 23.3 14.9 59 8.4 17.4 191 15 316.0 318.5 298.2 357.8 13.41 6 750 2612 19.5 5.6 40 13.9 11.0 241 9 317.7 319.2 294.8 341.9 7.63 7 700 3202 16.5 -15.2 10 31.7 3.0 304 12 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.5 1.67 8 650 3825 11.0 -15.8 14 26.7 0.0 286 14 321.3 321.7 290.9 327.2 1.72 9 600 4483 4.9 -16.0 20 20.8 -3.3 275 13 321.8 322.1 291.2 328.0 1.83 10 550 5184 -0.9 -21.5 19 20.6 -7.8 280 20 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.3 1.25 11 500 5937 -6.1 -22.6 26 16.5 -11.2 282 25 325.6 325.9 291.7 330.0 1.24 12 450 6749 -13.1 -21.1 51 8.0 -15.5 275 23 326.8 327.1 292.3 332.3 1.58 13 400 7633 -20.4 -29.6 43 9.2 -22.4 271 24 328.5 328.7 292.1 331.5 0.82 14 350 8608 -27.3 -32.8 60 5.4 -28.3 282 32 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.5 0.69 15 300 9701 -34.7 -40.1 58 5.5 -35.3 292 42 336.5 336.6 293.8 338.0 0.39 16 250 10950 -44.0 -50.4 49 6.4 -44.3 286 55 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.15 17 200 12405 -55.7 -61.7 47 6.0 -55.8 284 59 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 18 150 14211 -60.7 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 290 24 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16701 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 203 15 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5885.44 m Freezing level: 557.96 mb = 5072.40 m = 16641.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.70 mb = 3828.30 m = 12559.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.93 % Est. max temperature: 34.59 C = 94.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.40 mb = 3244.97 m = 10646.08 ft T: 16.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 36.70 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.79 mb = 3711.65 m = 12177.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.19 C = 98.95 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.73 C Showalter Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 18.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3042.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.34 mb = 3160.93 m = 10370.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.34 mb = 4103.59 m = 13463.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.34 mb = 13871.49 m = 45509.59 ft B at Equ Level: 3008.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: -4.4 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 54.81 Bulk Shear: 55.52 m/s