MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.30,-101.26 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -101.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 533 SFC 904 978 30.1 15.9 42 14.2 20.2 172 12 312.1 314.5 296.8 351.0 12.63 3 900 1017 29.2 15.4 43 13.8 19.6 173 13 311.6 313.9 296.5 349.4 12.31 4 850 1522 24.1 14.3 54 9.9 17.4 175 15 311.4 313.7 296.3 348.6 12.12 5 800 2049 19.0 13.2 69 5.8 15.1 178 15 311.4 313.7 296.3 348.3 12.02 6 750 2599 13.8 12.2 90 1.6 12.7 184 15 311.6 313.8 296.3 348.3 11.96 7 700 3178 9.7 7.4 86 2.3 8.3 255 12 313.2 315.0 294.8 341.9 9.27 8 650 3789 5.4 -0.3 67 5.7 2.3 307 19 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.3 5.76 9 600 4439 1.3 -9.8 44 11.1 -3.6 307 24 317.6 318.2 291.0 327.5 3.03 10 550 5131 -4.4 -15.8 40 11.4 -8.5 310 29 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.7 2.02 11 500 5874 -9.8 -21.7 37 11.9 -13.3 315 30 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.8 1.35 12 450 6678 -15.0 -28.2 31 13.2 -18.1 327 30 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.4 0.83 13 400 7558 -20.9 -42.1 13 21.2 -23.9 336 30 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.23 14 350 8528 -28.3 -50.0 11 21.6 -30.3 335 33 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9614 -36.3 -57.2 10 20.9 -37.5 335 49 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 16 250 10861 -42.5 -67.5 5 25.0 -43.3 334 79 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 17 200 12340 -50.4 -74.0 5 23.6 -50.8 326 77 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14191 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.1 311 48 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16700 -63.4 -86.2 3 22.8 -63.6 334 5 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.90 m Freezing level: 588.85 mb = 4593.09 m = 15069.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.33 mb = 4038.61 m = 13249.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.97 mb = 2769.22 m = 9085.26 ft T: 12.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 25.33 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.76 mb = 2863.51 m = 9394.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -6.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 45.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1716.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.29 mb = 2765.59 m = 9073.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.29 mb = 3055.74 m = 10025.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.29 mb = 11699.20 m = 38382.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1710.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.29 mb = 15556.84 m = 51038.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 12.70 Bulk Shear: 135.12 m/s