MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.73,-101.92 Latitude: 40.73 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 69 1 950 521 2 900 1005 SFC 893 1069 27.0 18.2 58 8.9 20.7 133 14 310.0 312.8 297.7 355.3 14.85 4 850 1511 25.2 16.9 60 8.3 19.4 153 34 312.6 315.3 298.1 357.0 14.44 5 800 2041 20.7 15.9 74 4.9 17.3 169 32 313.2 316.0 298.2 357.4 14.31 6 750 2596 16.3 15.1 93 1.2 15.5 184 28 314.3 317.1 298.6 359.5 14.58 7 700 3180 12.2 8.6 78 3.6 9.9 207 20 316.0 318.0 296.1 347.5 10.07 8 650 3798 9.4 -7.5 29 16.9 1.3 258 4 319.6 320.2 291.9 330.5 3.33 9 600 4455 3.7 -13.4 27 17.1 -3.3 304 5 320.4 320.9 291.2 328.0 2.26 10 550 5153 -2.3 -16.3 33 14.0 -7.5 296 11 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.9 1.94 11 500 5900 -8.2 -17.5 47 9.2 -11.4 296 26 323.0 323.4 291.6 329.6 1.94 12 450 6708 -13.9 -34.5 16 20.6 -18.0 299 34 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.46 13 400 7591 -20.1 -32.2 33 12.0 -22.5 300 29 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.2 0.64 14 350 8567 -26.9 -40.3 27 13.4 -28.7 302 24 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.33 15 300 9657 -35.4 -40.9 57 5.5 -36.0 304 35 335.5 335.5 293.5 336.8 0.36 16 250 10904 -44.4 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.6 304 52 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12359 -55.2 -59.3 61 4.0 -55.4 301 64 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.6 0.06 18 150 14177 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 278 33 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16683 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 221 11 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.29 m Freezing level: 569.19 mb = 4884.82 m = 16026.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.86 mb = 3978.57 m = 13052.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.31 mb = 2200.03 m = 7217.85 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 31.55 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2839.73 m = 9316.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -7.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 46.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 588.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2905.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.10 mb = 2514.67 m = 8250.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.10 mb = 3154.92 m = 10350.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.10 mb = 13308.09 m = 43661.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2895.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.8 neg: -36.2 tot: 257.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.34 Bulk Rich Number: 20.35 Bulk Shear: 142.82 m/s