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: 40.46,-101.30 Latitude: 40.46 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 83 1 950 540 SFC 907 949 25.2 21.6 80 3.7 22.5 111 11 306.8 310.2 299.0 361.5 18.15 3 900 1021 25.6 21.3 77 4.3 22.5 116 18 307.9 311.3 299.2 362.5 18.03 4 850 1526 26.0 18.9 65 7.2 20.8 154 29 313.4 316.5 299.5 363.9 16.34 5 800 2059 23.4 15.0 59 8.4 17.5 185 17 316.1 318.7 298.4 358.4 13.54 6 750 2620 19.1 11.3 60 7.9 13.8 223 14 317.3 319.5 297.2 352.7 11.26 7 700 3208 14.7 1.9 42 12.8 7.3 267 15 318.8 320.0 294.0 338.9 6.30 8 650 3829 9.2 -1.6 47 10.8 3.4 264 20 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.4 5.26 9 600 4485 3.8 -13.3 27 17.1 -3.3 274 23 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.1 2.28 10 550 5184 -1.5 -26.9 12 25.4 -8.8 290 24 322.3 322.4 290.3 325.0 0.77 11 500 5933 -7.7 -29.6 15 22.0 -13.2 292 30 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.1 0.65 12 450 6742 -14.2 -33.6 18 19.3 -18.2 292 34 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.50 13 400 7622 -20.4 -44.7 9 24.3 -23.7 295 33 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.18 14 350 8597 -27.3 -46.2 15 18.8 -29.4 291 33 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.17 15 300 9685 -36.1 -51.2 20 15.1 -37.2 292 39 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 16 250 10926 -45.2 -59.5 19 14.2 -45.7 290 50 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12381 -55.2 -69.3 16 14.1 -55.4 289 47 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14187 -60.6 -78.8 7 18.2 -60.8 273 31 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16679 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 231 15 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.86 m Freezing level: 564.27 mb = 4984.40 m = 16352.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.41 mb = 4157.81 m = 13640.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.21 % Est. max temperature: 35.30 C = 95.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.53 mb = 1417.17 m = 4649.44 ft T: 25.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 38.91 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.41 mb = 3010.53 m = 9876.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.40 C = 97.53 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -9.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.68 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 39.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 645.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4026.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.59 mb = 2283.75 m = 7492.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.59 mb = 3517.62 m = 11540.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.59 mb = 13997.69 m = 45923.63 ft B at Equ Level: 4012.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.4 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 296.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 315.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.55 Bulk Rich Number: 18.26 Bulk Shear: 220.47 m/s