MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.74,-101.6 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -101.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 526 2 900 1014 SFC 895 1062 32.4 18.6 44 13.9 22.3 171 14 315.4 318.3 299.2 362.8 15.21 4 850 1523 25.9 16.8 57 9.1 19.4 173 16 313.3 316.0 298.2 357.4 14.30 5 800 2053 20.7 15.8 73 4.9 17.2 175 16 313.2 315.9 298.1 357.1 14.22 6 750 2607 16.2 10.8 70 5.4 12.6 184 14 314.2 316.2 296.2 348.0 10.90 7 700 3191 13.0 -4.2 30 17.3 4.2 242 8 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.8 3.99 8 650 3808 7.9 -1.1 53 9.0 3.1 257 15 317.9 318.9 293.1 335.3 5.43 9 600 4462 3.0 -9.5 39 12.6 -2.6 291 13 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.8 3.09 10 550 5160 -2.3 -12.4 46 10.1 -6.4 315 19 321.4 321.9 291.8 330.3 2.68 11 500 5907 -8.9 -16.2 55 7.3 -11.5 307 21 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.4 2.15 12 450 6713 -14.6 -38.0 12 23.4 -18.8 309 33 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.32 13 400 7592 -21.2 -41.1 15 19.9 -24.1 317 45 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.26 14 350 8566 -27.3 -51.6 8 24.3 -29.5 315 46 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.09 15 300 9657 -35.4 -55.9 11 20.5 -36.7 316 51 335.4 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.07 16 250 10901 -44.4 -61.4 13 17.0 -45.0 317 67 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12362 -53.7 -66.9 19 13.1 -54.0 313 74 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14181 -60.4 -79.7 6 19.3 -60.6 285 34 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16687 -64.1 -86.5 3 22.4 -64.2 173 9 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.86 m Freezing level: 571.53 mb = 4859.25 m = 15942.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.74 mb = 4157.80 m = 13640.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.73 mb = 2804.65 m = 9201.49 ft T: 15.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 33.03 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2930.96 m = 9615.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.83 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -8.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -8.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3258.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.50 mb = 2703.94 m = 8871.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.50 mb = 3353.40 m = 11001.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.50 mb = 13521.24 m = 44360.49 ft B at Equ Level: 3245.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 309.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 34.38 Bulk Shear: 94.79 m/s