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: 42.16,-101.92 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -101.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 516 2 900 1003 SFC 882 1185 31.3 14.6 36 16.7 19.7 158 15 315.6 317.9 297.3 353.0 11.96 4 850 1511 26.1 13.2 45 12.9 17.4 160 17 313.5 315.6 296.3 348.4 11.30 5 800 2041 20.8 11.9 57 8.9 14.8 162 18 313.3 315.4 296.0 347.3 11.00 6 750 2594 15.8 9.1 64 6.7 11.5 171 16 313.7 315.5 295.2 343.8 9.70 7 700 3176 12.0 0.4 45 11.5 5.6 230 14 315.8 316.8 292.7 333.7 5.65 8 650 3791 6.8 -3.5 48 10.2 1.6 238 16 316.6 317.5 292.0 331.2 4.56 9 600 4441 1.3 -8.5 48 9.8 -3.1 259 17 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.6 3.35 10 550 5135 -4.0 -11.9 54 7.9 -7.2 294 22 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.6 2.79 11 500 5878 -9.8 -14.2 70 4.5 -11.4 297 29 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.6 2.54 12 450 6681 -15.6 -23.5 50 8.0 -17.7 290 27 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.1 1.27 13 400 7559 -21.4 -35.3 27 13.9 -23.8 284 21 327.2 327.3 291.4 329.0 0.47 14 350 8529 -28.6 -40.4 31 11.8 -30.1 306 31 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.32 15 300 9612 -37.7 -49.5 28 11.9 -38.5 306 37 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.14 16 250 10842 -47.2 -55.4 38 8.3 -47.5 302 48 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12293 -53.6 -66.4 19 12.8 -53.8 299 51 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14137 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 289 22 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16673 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 236 6 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.21 m Freezing level: 587.57 mb = 4613.72 m = 15136.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.12 mb = 4004.77 m = 13138.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.00 mb = 3271.57 m = 10733.36 ft T: 11.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 24.41 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.64 mb = 3445.58 m = 11304.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2053.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.24 mb = 3173.32 m = 10411.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.24 mb = 3724.38 m = 12218.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.24 mb = 12447.40 m = 40837.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2034.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.24 mb = 15785.61 m = 51789.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 19.19 Bulk Shear: 107.04 m/s