MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.88,-100.36 Latitude: 38.88 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 545 SFC 925 788 31.7 17.9 44 13.9 21.9 163 6 311.8 314.5 297.7 355.1 14.09 3 900 1028 27.5 16.7 52 10.8 19.9 166 6 309.8 312.4 296.8 350.7 13.40 4 850 1531 22.4 15.7 66 6.7 17.8 169 7 309.6 312.2 296.7 350.3 13.35 5 800 2055 17.4 14.6 84 2.7 15.5 172 7 309.7 312.2 296.6 349.9 13.22 6 750 2603 13.7 5.8 59 7.9 9.0 296 4 311.5 312.9 293.2 335.4 7.76 7 700 3180 9.7 1.0 54 8.7 4.9 298 9 313.2 314.4 292.2 331.7 5.87 8 650 3790 4.9 -2.7 58 7.6 1.0 285 17 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.7 4.81 9 600 4437 -0.2 -8.8 52 8.6 -3.9 286 23 315.9 316.6 290.7 326.6 3.29 10 550 5126 -5.3 -14.0 50 8.7 -8.5 291 26 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.7 2.36 11 500 5866 -11.3 -18.4 56 7.1 -13.5 295 23 319.3 319.7 290.4 325.3 1.79 12 450 6664 -17.6 -24.5 55 6.8 -19.3 306 23 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.1 1.17 13 400 7534 -24.0 -32.6 45 8.6 -25.5 320 27 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.62 14 350 8495 -30.4 -45.6 21 15.2 -31.9 309 31 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 15 300 9573 -38.4 -54.8 16 16.4 -39.3 307 32 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 16 250 10805 -45.0 -62.9 12 17.9 -45.6 314 36 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12288 -46.1 -71.9 4 25.8 -46.8 308 43 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 18 150 14176 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 294 45 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16695 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 272 8 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.31 m Freezing level: 601.53 mb = 4416.83 m = 14490.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.68 mb = 3919.45 m = 12858.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.61 mb = 2528.07 m = 8294.08 ft T: 14.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 29.95 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2558.44 m = 8393.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -8.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -8.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.69 C Cross Totals Index: 27.00 C K Index: 40.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2625.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.18 mb = 2399.19 m = 7871.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.18 mb = 2792.39 m = 9161.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.18 mb = 11863.73 m = 38922.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2592.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.18 mb = 15926.37 m = 52251.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: -4.9 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 49.64 Bulk Shear: 52.89 m/s