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: 42.12,-101.76 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -101.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 511 2 900 998 SFC 884 1158 30.0 16.0 43 14.0 20.1 160 16 314.0 316.5 297.5 354.4 13.05 4 850 1506 26.1 14.6 49 11.5 18.1 163 21 313.5 315.9 297.0 351.8 12.38 5 800 2036 20.9 13.6 63 7.3 15.9 165 21 313.5 315.8 297.0 351.5 12.32 6 750 2590 15.5 12.4 82 3.1 13.4 168 21 313.5 315.8 296.9 351.1 12.19 7 700 3172 10.7 8.9 89 1.8 9.6 195 15 314.4 316.3 295.8 346.4 10.29 8 650 3786 6.3 0.3 65 6.0 3.0 256 12 316.1 317.2 293.1 335.2 6.02 9 600 4438 2.9 -10.9 35 13.9 -3.0 310 19 319.5 320.1 291.3 328.7 2.76 10 550 5135 -2.9 -12.4 48 9.5 -6.7 309 23 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.6 2.69 11 500 5881 -8.7 -20.8 37 12.1 -12.5 298 24 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.4 1.45 12 450 6686 -14.9 -39.3 11 24.4 -19.1 297 29 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.28 13 400 7566 -21.2 -41.9 14 20.7 -24.1 301 34 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.24 14 350 8538 -27.6 -46.4 15 18.8 -29.6 303 37 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.17 15 300 9626 -36.9 -50.3 24 13.4 -37.8 300 39 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 16 250 10861 -46.2 -59.9 20 13.8 -46.7 301 56 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 17 200 12313 -53.9 -68.1 16 14.2 -54.2 296 63 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14149 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.7 284 30 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16685 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 156 6 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.58 m Freezing level: 574.79 mb = 4789.36 m = 15712.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.08 mb = 4104.28 m = 13465.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.66 mb = 2915.15 m = 9564.02 ft T: 12.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 25.76 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.89 mb = 3018.22 m = 9902.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 47.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2415.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.60 mb = 2950.91 m = 9681.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.60 mb = 3128.75 m = 10264.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.60 mb = 12859.10 m = 42188.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2380.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 109.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.55 Bulk Shear: 137.61 m/s