MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.82,-103.67 Latitude: 41.82 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 1 950 463 2 900 953 SFC 870 1258 30.0 16.1 43 13.9 20.2 136 13 315.5 318.0 298.1 357.2 13.39 4 850 1466 28.9 14.3 41 14.6 18.8 135 20 316.4 318.8 297.5 354.4 12.13 5 800 2000 23.4 13.5 54 9.9 16.6 140 21 316.1 318.4 297.5 354.4 12.26 6 750 2559 18.0 12.4 69 5.7 14.2 144 22 316.1 318.5 297.5 354.0 12.13 7 700 3146 12.7 11.0 90 1.7 11.6 152 21 316.5 318.8 297.4 353.7 11.87 8 650 3765 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 7.9 160 15 318.6 320.5 296.8 350.6 10.14 9 600 4422 3.8 2.4 91 1.4 2.9 174 6 320.5 322.0 295.5 344.9 7.61 10 550 5123 -1.6 -2.8 91 1.2 -2.2 269 5 322.2 323.3 294.5 340.7 5.68 11 500 5875 -6.7 -7.2 96 0.5 -6.9 279 10 324.9 325.8 294.3 339.7 4.47 12 450 6691 -11.4 -12.0 95 0.6 -11.6 274 17 328.9 329.6 294.4 340.4 3.39 13 400 7585 -16.7 -18.2 89 1.4 -17.2 276 28 333.2 333.7 294.6 341.3 2.29 14 350 8575 -23.4 -25.2 85 1.8 -23.8 279 36 337.2 337.5 294.9 342.4 1.41 15 300 9684 -31.5 -33.6 82 2.1 -31.9 274 46 341.0 341.1 295.3 343.8 0.75 16 250 10947 -42.0 -44.6 75 2.6 -42.2 277 62 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.8 0.29 17 200 12413 -55.1 -58.6 65 3.5 -55.2 278 79 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 18 150 14204 -62.6 -70.9 32 8.2 -62.7 283 51 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.02 19 100 16716 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 215 3 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.96 m Freezing level: 564.65 mb = 4917.79 m = 16134.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 571.40 mb = 4815.70 m = 15799.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.31 mb = 3009.29 m = 9872.88 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.05 mb = 3374.77 m = 11071.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.14 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 48.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1815.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.77 mb = 3244.42 m = 10644.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.77 mb = 3551.89 m = 11653.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.77 mb = 13544.32 m = 44436.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1798.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.77 mb = 16310.31 m = 53510.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.5 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 213.5 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -18.1 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 72.59 Bulk Shear: 25.01 m/s