MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.13,-101.44 Latitude: 40.13 Longitude: -101.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 512 SFC 905 953 32.0 18.4 44 13.6 22.1 147 18 314.0 316.8 298.7 359.9 14.84 3 900 1000 31.2 17.8 45 13.4 21.6 149 21 313.7 316.5 298.4 358.3 14.41 4 850 1509 26.1 16.6 56 9.5 19.4 153 26 313.5 316.2 298.1 357.2 14.13 5 800 2040 21.0 15.6 72 5.3 17.2 157 26 313.5 316.2 298.1 357.1 14.12 6 750 2595 16.0 13.7 86 2.3 14.5 170 24 314.0 316.5 297.7 355.2 13.30 7 700 3179 12.6 9.3 80 3.4 10.4 218 17 316.5 318.5 296.5 349.5 10.54 8 650 3797 8.4 -0.4 54 8.8 3.6 270 16 318.5 319.6 293.6 336.9 5.74 9 600 4453 4.2 -12.5 28 16.7 -2.9 313 18 321.0 321.5 291.5 329.1 2.43 10 550 5153 -2.1 -16.7 32 14.6 -7.5 318 22 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.9 1.88 11 500 5900 -8.4 -26.5 22 18.1 -13.3 316 27 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.9 0.87 12 450 6707 -14.4 -36.1 14 21.7 -18.5 313 37 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.39 13 400 7588 -20.6 -41.4 14 20.9 -23.6 317 41 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.25 14 350 8563 -27.4 -44.4 18 17.0 -29.4 317 38 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 15 300 9652 -36.0 -52.9 16 16.9 -37.1 313 45 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 16 250 10893 -44.7 -58.0 21 13.3 -45.3 315 65 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12353 -53.9 -63.9 28 10.0 -54.2 311 80 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14165 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.5 291 40 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16682 -63.3 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.5 223 9 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.74 m Freezing level: 566.85 mb = 4916.83 m = 16131.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.12 mb = 4156.51 m = 13636.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.91 mb = 2675.16 m = 8776.67 ft T: 15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 34.03 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.46 mb = 2911.61 m = 9552.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -7.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -7.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 47.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3048.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.17 mb = 2706.45 m = 8879.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.17 mb = 3236.94 m = 10619.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.17 mb = 13558.31 m = 44482.09 ft B at Equ Level: 3009.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 242.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.63 Bulk Rich Number: 13.57 Bulk Shear: 224.66 m/s