MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-101.3 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -101.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 538 SFC 909 935 25.7 21.7 79 4.0 22.7 107 11 307.1 310.5 299.1 362.1 18.22 3 900 1019 26.1 21.3 75 4.8 22.6 115 20 308.4 311.8 299.3 363.1 18.03 4 850 1525 26.8 18.3 60 8.5 20.6 155 27 314.2 317.2 299.2 363.0 15.73 5 800 2059 23.6 14.5 56 9.2 17.2 186 18 316.4 318.9 298.1 357.2 13.08 6 750 2620 19.3 10.4 56 9.0 13.4 218 15 317.6 319.6 296.8 350.9 10.60 7 700 3208 14.6 3.7 48 10.9 8.1 262 15 318.7 320.1 294.7 341.5 7.15 8 650 3829 9.3 -1.5 47 10.8 3.5 261 19 319.5 320.5 293.4 336.5 5.27 9 600 4486 4.0 -15.1 23 19.2 -3.6 276 24 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.4 1.97 10 550 5185 -1.3 -27.8 11 26.5 -8.8 292 25 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.1 0.71 11 500 5935 -7.7 -28.8 17 21.2 -13.1 292 31 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.71 12 450 6744 -14.1 -34.7 16 20.6 -18.2 294 34 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.45 13 400 7624 -20.4 -44.0 10 23.6 -23.7 297 33 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.19 14 350 8599 -27.3 -46.4 15 19.1 -29.3 291 33 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.17 15 300 9688 -36.0 -52.3 17 16.3 -37.1 292 39 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.10 16 250 10930 -45.1 -59.4 19 14.3 -45.6 290 50 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 17 200 12384 -55.3 -68.9 17 13.6 -55.5 289 46 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14190 -60.8 -78.4 8 17.6 -60.9 273 30 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16680 -61.6 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 231 16 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.31 m Freezing level: 562.21 mb = 5014.40 m = 16451.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.28 mb = 4147.17 m = 13606.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.92 % Est. max temperature: 35.61 C = 96.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.08 mb = 1451.87 m = 4763.31 ft T: 26.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 37.99 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.82 mb = 3065.65 m = 10057.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.64 C = 97.96 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -8.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 41.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 643.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3918.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.60 mb = 2384.61 m = 7823.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.60 mb = 3505.58 m = 11501.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.60 mb = 13959.78 m = 45799.25 ft B at Equ Level: 3907.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 331.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.70 Bulk Rich Number: 17.18 Bulk Shear: 228.04 m/s