MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-101.82 Latitude: 38.22 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 77 1 950 534 2 900 1019 SFC 892 1096 30.5 16.9 44 13.7 20.8 175 10 313.7 316.4 297.9 356.0 13.67 4 850 1525 24.4 15.3 57 9.1 18.1 177 11 311.7 314.2 297.0 351.6 12.99 5 800 2052 19.2 14.3 73 5.0 15.8 179 11 311.6 314.1 296.9 351.2 12.88 6 750 2603 13.8 13.1 95 0.8 13.3 182 11 311.6 314.0 296.8 350.6 12.71 7 700 3182 10.5 4.1 64 6.5 6.8 259 11 314.2 315.6 293.6 337.1 7.34 8 650 3796 6.8 -1.2 57 8.0 2.5 273 15 316.6 317.7 292.7 333.8 5.38 9 600 4448 1.4 -7.1 53 8.5 -2.6 296 20 317.7 318.5 291.7 329.9 3.73 10 550 5140 -4.6 -13.3 51 8.7 -8.0 299 24 318.6 319.1 290.8 326.8 2.49 11 500 5881 -10.6 -19.8 47 9.2 -13.4 301 32 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.6 1.59 12 450 6681 -17.0 -29.0 35 11.9 -19.7 302 36 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.6 0.77 13 400 7554 -22.1 -45.7 10 23.6 -25.0 304 43 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.16 14 350 8522 -28.9 -52.8 8 23.9 -30.9 310 45 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.08 15 300 9606 -36.6 -58.8 8 22.2 -37.8 315 52 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10849 -43.2 -65.5 7 22.3 -43.9 320 70 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12331 -48.9 -75.7 3 26.8 -49.4 318 66 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14197 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 293 36 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16703 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 315 7 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.58 m Freezing level: 588.38 mb = 4608.46 m = 15119.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.09 mb = 4114.18 m = 13497.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.79 mb = 2809.49 m = 9217.36 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 31.48 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2688.93 m = 8821.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -8.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -8.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.89 C K Index: 43.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2410.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.31 mb = 2701.08 m = 8861.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.31 mb = 2757.88 m = 9048.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.31 mb = 12124.41 m = 39777.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2392.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.31 mb = 16324.74 m = 53558.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 315.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 26.38 Bulk Shear: 91.39 m/s