MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 93 1 950 545 SFC 907 955 23.1 16.1 64 7.1 18.3 147 10 304.7 307.1 295.0 342.8 12.77 3 900 1022 24.0 15.6 59 8.4 18.3 151 19 306.3 308.6 295.2 343.8 12.49 4 850 1521 21.9 12.8 56 9.1 15.9 174 30 309.1 311.2 295.0 342.6 11.03 5 800 2045 19.4 6.1 42 13.3 11.3 182 21 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.7 7.40 6 750 2597 16.1 1.8 38 14.2 8.0 177 11 314.0 315.2 292.4 332.4 5.83 7 700 3178 12.0 -4.2 32 16.3 3.8 223 6 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.6 3.99 8 650 3793 7.3 -10.2 27 17.6 -0.4 283 5 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.1 2.70 9 600 4445 2.7 -12.4 32 15.1 -3.6 336 14 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.4 2.45 10 550 5141 -3.1 -12.8 47 9.7 -7.0 321 20 320.4 320.9 291.5 329.0 2.59 11 500 5888 -8.8 -24.9 26 16.1 -13.3 311 27 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.01 12 450 6693 -14.8 -30.9 24 16.1 -18.3 312 34 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.0 0.65 13 400 7573 -20.6 -37.6 20 17.0 -23.4 314 32 328.2 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.38 14 350 8547 -27.8 -43.6 21 15.8 -29.6 308 34 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.23 15 300 9635 -36.5 -52.6 17 16.1 -37.6 310 40 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 16 250 10874 -45.0 -59.2 19 14.2 -45.6 311 66 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 17 200 12331 -54.3 -64.7 27 10.3 -54.5 307 74 346.7 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14163 -56.1 -81.7 3 25.6 -56.4 291 35 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16693 -63.1 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.3 218 8 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.24 m Freezing level: 576.78 mb = 4768.39 m = 15644.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.63 mb = 3733.82 m = 12249.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.51 mb = 1857.70 m = 6094.74 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.53 mb = 3596.88 m = 11800.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.92 C = 94.86 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 27.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 295.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.07 mb = 2663.42 m = 8738.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.07 mb = 4868.49 m = 15972.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.07 mb = 11165.60 m = 36632.10 ft B at Equ Level: 692.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.07 mb = 13789.33 m = 45240.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.8 neg: -37.7 tot: 111.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 3.91 Bulk Shear: 177.33 m/s