MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.55,-101.82 Latitude: 40.55 Longitude: -101.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 505 2 900 996 SFC 896 1039 34.2 18.7 40 15.5 22.9 178 10 317.2 320.2 299.7 365.4 15.37 4 850 1508 28.1 16.6 50 11.4 19.9 184 12 315.5 318.3 298.6 359.6 14.13 5 800 2042 22.8 15.4 63 7.5 17.6 189 13 315.5 318.2 298.4 358.7 13.86 6 750 2602 21.4 -10.4 11 31.7 6.3 280 13 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.5 2.31 7 700 3193 16.7 -11.8 13 28.5 3.7 275 13 320.9 321.4 291.2 328.3 2.21 8 650 3816 10.9 -13.2 17 24.1 0.5 279 14 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.5 2.13 9 600 4475 5.0 -18.5 16 23.4 -3.8 276 17 321.8 322.1 290.9 326.9 1.48 10 550 5176 -1.3 -19.5 24 18.2 -7.6 274 22 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.6 1.48 11 500 5925 -7.4 -24.2 25 16.8 -12.3 280 22 324.0 324.2 291.1 327.8 1.08 12 450 6734 -14.2 -21.8 52 7.6 -16.4 278 24 325.4 325.7 291.9 330.6 1.48 13 400 7616 -20.5 -26.8 57 6.4 -22.0 275 30 328.4 328.6 292.3 332.2 1.06 14 350 8588 -28.4 -35.3 52 6.9 -29.4 270 41 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.5 0.54 15 300 9674 -36.6 -52.8 17 16.2 -37.7 280 44 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 16 250 10913 -45.6 -57.8 24 12.2 -46.1 281 53 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.06 17 200 12366 -54.8 -68.4 17 13.5 -55.1 281 60 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14179 -60.7 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 287 26 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16673 -60.6 -85.3 2 24.7 -60.9 190 13 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5882.13 m Freezing level: 560.48 mb = 5028.72 m = 16498.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.69 mb = 3896.25 m = 12782.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.53 % Est. max temperature: 36.81 C = 98.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.89 mb = 2988.78 m = 9805.59 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 37.92 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.97 mb = 3586.73 m = 11767.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.11 C = 100.59 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: -7.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 23.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3635.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.86 mb = 2977.30 m = 9767.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.86 mb = 3906.93 m = 12817.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.86 mb = 14059.85 m = 46127.54 ft B at Equ Level: 3588.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 68.54 Bulk Shear: 53.04 m/s