MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.53,-101.71 Latitude: 42.53 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 518 2 900 1005 SFC 891 1094 30.6 15.7 40 15.0 20.1 144 14 314.0 316.4 297.3 353.2 12.66 4 850 1513 25.9 14.2 48 11.7 17.9 149 17 313.3 315.6 296.7 350.6 12.07 5 800 2042 20.7 13.3 63 7.4 15.7 152 18 313.2 315.5 296.7 350.5 12.08 6 750 2596 15.3 12.4 83 2.9 13.3 154 17 313.2 315.5 296.8 350.7 12.14 7 700 3177 10.6 8.6 87 2.0 9.3 194 14 314.2 316.1 295.6 345.4 10.05 8 650 3790 6.4 0.6 67 5.8 3.2 267 15 316.2 317.3 293.2 335.7 6.16 9 600 4442 2.3 -9.7 41 12.0 -3.0 292 18 318.8 319.4 291.4 328.8 3.05 10 550 5138 -3.5 -13.2 47 9.7 -7.3 297 26 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.3 2.52 11 500 5882 -9.4 -22.3 34 12.9 -13.2 301 33 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.0 1.28 12 450 6685 -15.5 -33.8 19 18.2 -19.1 296 32 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.5 0.49 13 400 7565 -20.5 -44.1 10 23.6 -23.7 302 30 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.19 14 350 8537 -28.6 -42.2 26 13.6 -30.2 298 35 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.27 15 300 9621 -37.4 -47.7 33 10.4 -38.1 302 40 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.17 16 250 10854 -45.8 -57.5 26 11.7 -46.3 304 53 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.06 17 200 12312 -53.9 -68.0 16 14.0 -54.2 301 71 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14144 -56.3 -80.0 4 23.7 -56.6 280 34 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16680 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 193 10 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.10 m Freezing level: 580.03 mb = 4720.06 m = 15485.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.13 mb = 4121.38 m = 13521.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.95 mb = 2975.49 m = 9762.00 ft T: 12.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 25.23 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.94 mb = 3046.49 m = 9994.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 47.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 516.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2325.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.86 mb = 2976.59 m = 9765.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.86 mb = 3154.72 m = 10350.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.86 mb = 12576.73 m = 41261.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2322.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.86 mb = 15978.73 m = 52423.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 148.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 15.29 Bulk Shear: 152.09 m/s