MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 72 1 950 522 2 900 1006 SFC 891 1094 27.1 18.3 59 8.8 20.8 138 15 310.4 313.2 298.0 356.3 15.06 4 850 1510 23.7 17.4 68 6.3 19.2 148 30 311.0 313.8 298.0 356.5 14.88 5 800 2038 19.7 15.7 78 4.0 16.9 168 30 312.1 314.8 297.8 355.7 14.17 6 750 2591 15.1 14.4 96 0.7 14.7 187 26 313.0 315.7 297.9 356.0 13.93 7 700 3173 11.5 7.6 77 3.9 9.0 216 20 315.2 317.0 295.4 344.6 9.41 8 650 3788 7.4 -3.4 46 10.8 1.9 279 10 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.0 4.57 9 600 4442 2.9 -11.9 33 14.7 -3.3 307 13 319.4 319.9 291.1 327.9 2.56 10 550 5138 -2.9 -16.5 34 13.6 -7.8 313 19 320.7 321.1 290.9 327.2 1.92 11 500 5884 -8.8 -15.1 60 6.3 -11.1 293 30 322.3 322.8 291.8 330.3 2.36 12 450 6691 -14.6 -24.2 44 9.6 -17.1 289 37 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.20 13 400 7573 -19.9 -42.7 11 22.8 -23.2 311 27 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 14 350 8546 -28.2 -37.5 41 9.3 -29.5 308 32 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.43 15 300 9631 -37.1 -44.8 44 7.8 -37.7 307 34 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.23 16 250 10869 -45.4 -49.0 67 3.6 -45.6 298 50 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12320 -54.9 -59.4 57 4.5 -55.0 297 76 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 18 150 14147 -57.5 -80.7 4 23.3 -57.8 273 38 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16673 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 209 10 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.94 m Freezing level: 575.01 mb = 4789.78 m = 15714.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.01 mb = 4017.39 m = 13180.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.86 mb = 2212.47 m = 7258.66 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 28.82 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.37 mb = 2575.19 m = 8448.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.49 C Cross Totals Index: 26.20 C K Index: 46.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 589.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3075.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.83 mb = 2367.20 m = 7766.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.83 mb = 2879.02 m = 9445.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.83 mb = 13174.34 m = 43222.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3059.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.9 neg: -23.8 tot: 279.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.72 Bulk Rich Number: 14.90 Bulk Shear: 206.35 m/s