MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.57,-100.70 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -100.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 537 SFC 906 955 28.4 16.9 50 11.5 20.4 157 14 310.2 312.7 296.9 351.4 13.51 3 900 1019 27.5 16.2 50 11.3 19.6 158 17 309.8 312.3 296.4 349.2 12.94 4 850 1521 22.4 14.9 62 7.6 17.2 161 20 309.6 312.0 296.2 348.0 12.60 5 800 2045 18.2 11.0 63 7.2 13.5 176 17 310.6 312.5 294.8 342.3 10.35 6 750 2596 15.9 3.0 42 12.8 8.5 179 5 313.8 315.0 292.7 333.8 6.36 7 700 3177 11.7 -2.5 37 14.2 4.3 292 5 315.4 316.3 291.7 329.9 4.54 8 650 3791 6.7 -6.7 38 13.4 0.4 311 10 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.0 3.56 9 600 4442 1.7 -12.5 34 14.2 -4.1 324 16 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.1 2.43 10 550 5136 -3.2 -9.8 60 6.6 -6.0 326 25 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.2 3.30 11 500 5883 -8.8 -15.5 58 6.7 -11.2 315 26 322.2 322.7 291.7 330.0 2.29 12 450 6689 -14.8 -27.0 35 12.1 -17.8 300 26 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.93 13 400 7568 -21.3 -33.5 33 12.1 -23.6 295 23 327.2 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.57 14 350 8540 -27.9 -41.9 25 14.0 -29.7 308 35 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.27 15 300 9626 -37.0 -50.1 25 13.0 -37.9 307 39 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 16 250 10861 -46.2 -60.3 19 14.1 -46.7 307 55 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 17 200 12314 -53.4 -69.1 13 15.7 -53.7 303 61 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14156 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 294 26 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16691 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 237 3 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.68 m Freezing level: 582.81 mb = 4680.40 m = 15355.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.88 mb = 3842.66 m = 12607.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.85 mb = 2406.61 m = 7895.61 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 25.28 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.56 mb = 3206.40 m = 10519.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.59 C = 92.47 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1662.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.53 mb = 2556.31 m = 8386.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.53 mb = 3809.43 m = 12497.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.53 mb = 12361.33 m = 40555.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1641.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.53 mb = 15121.83 m = 49611.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.4 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 329.4 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.0 neg: -15.0 tot: 58.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 11.21 Bulk Shear: 148.29 m/s