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: 39.02,-101.82 Latitude: 39.02 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 75 1 950 533 2 900 1018 SFC 890 1122 30.2 16.9 45 13.3 20.7 179 6 313.7 316.3 297.9 356.1 13.72 4 850 1523 24.4 15.1 56 9.4 17.9 183 7 311.7 314.2 296.8 350.9 12.76 5 800 2051 19.3 14.1 72 5.1 15.8 186 7 311.7 314.1 296.8 350.9 12.77 6 750 2602 14.0 12.0 87 2.1 12.7 189 6 311.8 314.1 296.2 348.1 11.80 7 700 3181 10.5 2.7 59 7.7 6.1 266 5 314.1 315.4 293.0 335.0 6.68 8 650 3794 6.2 -0.3 63 6.4 2.7 290 14 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.3 5.79 9 600 4444 0.8 -6.2 60 7.0 -2.5 298 18 317.0 317.8 291.7 330.0 4.02 10 550 5135 -5.3 -11.9 60 6.6 -7.9 293 21 317.8 318.3 290.9 327.0 2.80 11 500 5874 -11.2 -15.8 69 4.6 -12.8 296 27 319.3 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.23 12 450 6673 -17.3 -23.7 58 6.4 -18.9 305 27 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.9 1.26 13 400 7545 -22.6 -40.2 19 17.6 -25.1 309 25 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.7 0.29 14 350 8511 -29.4 -51.7 10 22.4 -31.2 313 22 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 15 300 9592 -37.6 -56.3 12 18.7 -38.7 316 31 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.06 16 250 10829 -44.1 -64.4 9 20.2 -44.8 318 55 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 17 200 12309 -48.4 -72.1 5 23.8 -49.0 319 61 356.1 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 14180 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 302 38 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16702 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 298 9 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.12 m Freezing level: 593.49 mb = 4533.55 m = 14873.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.97 mb = 4125.63 m = 13535.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.13 mb = 2792.72 m = 9162.35 ft T: 12.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 30.23 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.74 mb = 2762.88 m = 9064.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.21 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -8.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.28 C K Index: 42.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2534.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.52 mb = 2719.89 m = 8923.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.52 mb = 2891.89 m = 9487.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.52 mb = 11844.43 m = 38859.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2531.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.52 mb = 15858.53 m = 52028.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.9 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 319.9 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 52.10 Bulk Shear: 48.64 m/s