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: 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 71 1 950 524 2 900 1004 SFC 884 1158 24.7 14.8 54 9.9 17.9 153 15 308.5 310.7 295.5 345.1 12.07 4 850 1506 23.2 13.3 54 9.9 16.5 162 33 310.4 312.6 295.6 345.1 11.37 5 800 2031 19.7 11.0 57 8.7 14.0 181 33 312.2 314.1 295.3 344.2 10.39 6 750 2585 16.7 7.8 55 9.0 11.1 193 25 314.7 316.4 294.9 342.5 8.88 7 700 3169 12.7 5.5 61 7.2 8.3 214 18 316.5 318.1 294.8 342.0 8.10 8 650 3787 8.5 -4.4 40 12.9 2.0 239 9 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.3 4.24 9 600 4443 3.5 -9.3 38 12.8 -2.3 310 7 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.5 3.14 10 550 5140 -2.5 -13.1 44 10.6 -6.7 297 13 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.6 2.53 11 500 5887 -9.0 -12.3 77 3.3 -10.3 291 26 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.0 2.98 12 450 6692 -14.9 -30.0 27 15.0 -18.3 297 33 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.0 0.70 13 400 7573 -20.3 -37.3 21 16.9 -23.2 309 28 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.39 14 350 8545 -28.0 -41.9 25 13.9 -29.7 304 32 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.27 15 300 9632 -36.4 -51.7 19 15.3 -37.5 304 40 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 16 250 10871 -45.4 -52.8 43 7.4 -45.7 304 63 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.11 17 200 12325 -55.1 -62.3 40 7.3 -55.2 298 80 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14153 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 277 38 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16688 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 198 12 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.47 m Freezing level: 570.84 mb = 4849.66 m = 15910.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4086.61 m = 13407.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.26 C = 88.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.21 mb = 2413.07 m = 7916.80 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.56 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.98 mb = 3723.53 m = 12216.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.24 C = 93.63 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 38.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1146.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.57 mb = 2865.64 m = 9401.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.57 mb = 4706.68 m = 15441.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.57 mb = 12306.31 m = 40374.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1129.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.57 mb = 14559.17 m = 47765.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.5 neg: -35.0 tot: 197.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 7.77 Bulk Shear: 147.49 m/s