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: 42.03,-101.21 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -101.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 524 2 900 1010 SFC 897 1044 31.6 13.9 34 17.7 19.4 160 5 314.4 316.5 296.4 349.2 11.19 4 850 1516 25.1 12.1 44 13.0 16.4 166 5 312.4 314.4 295.5 344.8 10.51 5 800 2043 19.9 10.7 55 9.2 13.9 173 5 312.4 314.3 295.2 343.7 10.18 6 750 2595 14.5 9.7 73 4.8 11.4 178 5 312.3 314.2 295.2 343.6 10.14 7 700 3174 9.2 6.3 82 2.8 7.5 209 4 312.6 314.3 294.1 339.3 8.61 8 650 3783 4.2 1.1 80 3.1 2.5 281 2 313.7 314.9 292.7 333.7 6.39 9 600 4429 -0.6 -4.9 72 4.4 -2.7 340 4 315.4 316.3 291.6 329.6 4.42 10 550 5118 -5.5 -13.0 55 7.6 -8.4 330 9 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.0 2.55 11 500 5858 -10.5 -20.6 43 10.1 -13.6 324 14 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.3 1.48 12 450 6660 -15.9 -29.3 30 13.5 -18.8 318 17 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.75 13 400 7536 -21.8 -33.7 33 11.9 -23.9 320 18 326.6 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.56 14 350 8504 -29.2 -33.7 65 4.5 -29.9 302 13 329.3 329.5 292.2 331.7 0.63 15 300 9586 -38.5 -43.0 62 4.5 -38.9 276 16 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.29 16 250 10807 -49.4 -54.9 52 5.5 -49.6 284 16 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.09 17 200 12264 -48.7 -74.0 4 25.3 -49.3 309 23 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14134 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 295 21 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16687 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 313 20 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.68 m Freezing level: 606.09 mb = 4349.96 m = 14271.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.94 mb = 4087.01 m = 13408.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.45 mb = 3250.74 m = 10665.04 ft T: 8.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 23.90 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.37 mb = 3157.15 m = 10357.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.76 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 44.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1904.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.38 mb = 3180.74 m = 10435.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.38 mb = 3239.73 m = 10628.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.38 mb = 11810.47 m = 38747.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1875.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.38 mb = 14826.35 m = 48642.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.0 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 339.0 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 90.45 Bulk Shear: 21.06 m/s