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: 41,-100.68 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -100.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 537 SFC 912 897 28.8 20.8 62 8.0 22.9 152 15 310.0 313.2 299.1 362.3 17.14 3 900 1019 27.2 20.0 65 7.1 22.0 154 20 309.5 312.6 298.7 360.1 16.61 4 850 1522 22.2 18.9 82 3.3 19.8 160 23 309.4 312.5 298.5 359.3 16.39 5 800 2047 18.9 14.4 75 4.5 15.8 180 20 311.3 313.7 296.8 351.0 12.99 6 750 2601 17.6 -1.1 28 18.7 7.5 205 5 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.7 4.71 7 700 3184 12.5 0.5 44 12.0 5.8 246 8 316.3 317.4 292.9 334.3 5.65 8 650 3800 7.6 -1.4 53 9.0 2.8 272 17 317.6 318.6 293.0 334.6 5.32 9 600 4454 2.6 -9.1 42 11.7 -2.7 293 18 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.6 3.19 10 550 5149 -3.4 -9.8 61 6.4 -6.2 310 21 320.0 320.7 292.0 330.9 3.31 11 500 5894 -9.5 -13.7 71 4.3 -11.1 312 27 321.5 322.0 291.8 330.4 2.65 12 450 6699 -15.6 -20.9 64 5.3 -17.1 305 25 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.1 1.61 13 400 7575 -21.8 -34.8 30 13.1 -24.0 306 25 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.50 14 350 8545 -28.1 -46.7 15 18.6 -30.0 313 26 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 15 300 9632 -37.0 -52.2 19 15.3 -37.9 310 42 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10868 -45.5 -60.2 17 14.8 -46.0 314 58 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12326 -54.3 -66.5 21 12.2 -54.5 314 77 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14150 -57.4 -79.4 4 22.0 -57.6 295 27 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16681 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.2 245 10 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.66 m Freezing level: 578.44 mb = 4753.71 m = 15595.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.29 mb = 4129.87 m = 13549.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.08 % Est. max temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.08 mb = 1917.63 m = 6291.36 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 31.55 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.82 mb = 2750.84 m = 9024.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -9.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -9.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.66 C Cross Totals Index: 28.36 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3546.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.97 mb = 2026.06 m = 6647.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.97 mb = 3220.45 m = 10565.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.97 mb = 13470.33 m = 44193.47 ft B at Equ Level: 3506.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 307.3 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.6 neg: -21.4 tot: 122.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 23.38 Bulk Shear: 151.69 m/s