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: 40.70,-101.84 Latitude: 40.70 Longitude: -101.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 504 2 900 992 SFC 894 1051 31.2 18.6 47 12.5 22.1 139 16 314.2 317.1 299.0 361.5 15.27 4 850 1502 26.7 17.0 55 9.7 19.8 144 24 314.1 316.8 298.5 358.9 14.48 5 800 2034 21.6 16.0 70 5.6 17.7 149 24 314.2 316.9 298.5 358.9 14.43 6 750 2590 16.2 14.8 91 1.4 15.3 161 24 314.2 316.9 298.4 358.4 14.26 7 700 3175 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.0 200 18 316.2 318.6 297.8 355.5 12.57 8 650 3793 8.0 4.7 80 3.3 6.1 255 16 318.0 319.6 295.3 344.3 8.29 9 600 4449 3.9 -5.7 49 9.6 -0.9 304 24 320.6 321.4 292.8 334.1 4.15 10 550 5149 -1.9 -13.9 39 12.0 -6.7 309 29 321.8 322.3 291.7 329.8 2.38 11 500 5897 -8.1 -27.1 20 18.9 -13.2 305 33 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.83 12 450 6705 -13.9 -36.3 13 22.3 -18.2 304 41 325.8 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.38 13 400 7588 -19.8 -43.6 10 23.8 -23.1 306 39 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.20 14 350 8565 -27.3 -42.2 23 14.9 -29.1 307 39 332.0 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.27 15 300 9656 -35.6 -52.4 16 16.8 -36.8 302 46 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10898 -44.6 -56.7 25 12.1 -45.1 306 65 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 17 200 12358 -54.1 -63.4 31 9.3 -54.3 303 77 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14166 -60.2 -78.0 8 17.8 -60.4 287 42 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16681 -63.2 -85.8 3 22.7 -63.3 222 11 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.84 m Freezing level: 566.53 mb = 4917.88 m = 16134.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.21 mb = 4364.90 m = 14320.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.67 mb = 2639.33 m = 8659.10 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 35.49 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.66 mb = 2811.75 m = 9224.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -8.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -8.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 51.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3341.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.40 mb = 2710.95 m = 8894.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.40 mb = 3002.77 m = 9851.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.40 mb = 13589.81 m = 44585.44 ft B at Equ Level: 3330.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 272.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.99 Bulk Rich Number: 13.69 Bulk Shear: 244.05 m/s