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: 38.86,-101.58 Latitude: 38.86 Longitude: -101.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 525 2 900 1011 SFC 897 1042 29.9 16.7 45 13.2 20.5 186 8 312.6 315.2 297.5 353.9 13.41 4 850 1517 25.2 15.1 54 10.1 18.2 197 12 312.6 315.0 297.1 352.1 12.84 5 800 2046 20.1 14.2 69 5.9 16.0 203 13 312.6 315.0 297.1 352.0 12.81 6 750 2599 14.8 13.4 91 1.4 13.8 206 13 312.6 315.1 297.2 352.7 13.00 7 700 3180 10.2 10.0 99 0.2 10.1 240 13 313.8 315.9 296.2 348.1 11.09 8 650 3792 5.2 1.6 77 3.6 3.2 298 18 314.8 316.1 293.2 335.6 6.61 9 600 4440 0.7 -6.1 60 6.8 -2.5 312 27 316.9 317.7 291.7 329.9 4.04 10 550 5132 -4.8 -13.3 52 8.4 -8.1 317 28 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.6 2.50 11 500 5874 -9.5 -20.7 39 11.2 -13.0 328 27 321.5 321.7 290.7 326.5 1.47 12 450 6680 -14.4 -30.6 24 16.2 -18.0 336 28 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.67 13 400 7561 -20.9 -39.6 17 18.6 -23.8 338 29 327.8 327.9 291.4 329.0 0.31 14 350 8532 -28.4 -49.2 12 20.8 -30.4 339 31 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.12 15 300 9617 -36.6 -57.5 10 21.0 -37.7 339 41 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.05 16 250 10863 -42.6 -66.8 5 24.2 -43.5 335 73 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 17 200 12340 -50.7 -73.5 5 22.8 -51.1 328 73 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14189 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 317 49 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16700 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 330 10 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.61 m Freezing level: 593.76 mb = 4526.73 m = 14851.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.99 mb = 4148.81 m = 13611.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.11 mb = 2710.79 m = 8893.57 ft T: 13.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 26.21 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.49 mb = 2832.52 m = 9292.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 49.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2300.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.97 mb = 2769.53 m = 9086.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.97 mb = 2943.15 m = 9655.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.97 mb = 12340.84 m = 40487.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2291.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.97 mb = 16111.27 m = 52857.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 333.8 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 25.59 Bulk Shear: 89.93 m/s