MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.42,-102.85 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 494 2 900 979 SFC 876 1215 26.9 17.3 56 9.6 20.1 148 12 311.6 314.3 297.8 355.4 14.30 4 850 1487 26.0 17.0 58 9.0 19.6 154 28 313.4 316.1 298.3 358.2 14.51 5 800 2018 21.5 15.8 70 5.7 17.5 167 30 314.1 316.8 298.4 358.2 14.26 6 750 2575 18.2 12.4 69 5.8 14.3 197 24 316.3 318.7 297.5 354.3 12.17 7 700 3163 14.1 7.5 65 6.6 9.9 223 22 318.1 319.9 296.1 347.6 9.34 8 650 3783 9.4 -1.5 46 10.9 3.5 249 19 319.6 320.6 293.4 336.6 5.27 9 600 4440 3.9 -9.7 36 13.6 -2.2 271 20 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.7 3.04 10 550 5139 -2.0 -11.6 48 9.6 -6.0 274 31 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.2 2.85 11 500 5888 -7.6 -22.6 29 15.0 -12.2 278 40 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.1 1.25 12 450 6698 -13.6 -34.5 15 20.9 -17.9 291 34 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.46 13 400 7583 -19.2 -42.4 11 23.1 -22.7 291 26 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.23 14 350 8560 -27.1 -44.5 17 17.5 -29.1 288 26 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.21 15 300 9650 -35.7 -53.2 15 17.5 -36.9 296 36 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 16 250 10893 -45.0 -51.6 48 6.6 -45.4 297 57 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.13 17 200 12348 -54.6 -64.2 30 9.6 -54.8 291 65 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14164 -59.7 -79.1 6 19.4 -59.9 267 38 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16671 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 237 7 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.15 m Freezing level: 567.02 mb = 4901.42 m = 16080.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.31 mb = 4180.41 m = 13715.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.44 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.76 mb = 2440.87 m = 8008.02 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 27.53 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.73 mb = 3226.44 m = 10585.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.30 C = 91.93 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 44.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 613.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2998.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.13 mb = 2688.13 m = 8819.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.13 mb = 3717.65 m = 12196.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.13 mb = 13557.10 m = 44478.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2969.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.3 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 283.3 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 286.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.32 Bulk Rich Number: 14.98 Bulk Shear: 200.22 m/s