MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 41.27,-101.46 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 582 SFC 904 1007 17.8 13.7 77 4.1 15.1 184 7 299.5 301.5 292.1 331.5 10.93 3 900 1046 16.7 13.6 82 3.1 14.7 184 7 298.7 300.7 291.9 330.6 10.91 4 850 1531 16.1 14.0 88 2.1 14.7 230 7 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.4 11.95 5 800 2045 13.7 12.2 91 1.4 12.7 248 8 305.7 307.8 294.2 339.5 11.27 6 750 2589 12.0 7.9 76 4.1 9.5 286 6 309.6 311.3 293.6 337.0 8.96 7 700 3164 8.5 3.6 71 4.9 5.7 284 6 311.9 313.2 292.8 333.9 7.10 8 650 3773 5.8 -21.9 12 27.6 -3.5 289 4 315.5 315.7 288.4 319.0 1.02 9 600 4421 1.8 -33.9 5 35.7 -7.1 312 4 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.5 0.36 10 550 5117 -2.2 -36.9 5 34.7 -10.1 317 6 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.29 11 500 5866 -7.3 -17.7 43 10.4 -10.9 286 9 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.7 1.91 12 450 6679 -12.0 -15.7 74 3.8 -13.3 279 16 328.2 328.7 293.5 336.8 2.50 13 400 7570 -17.9 -22.5 67 4.6 -19.2 289 22 331.7 332.1 293.7 337.3 1.57 14 350 8556 -24.5 -27.1 79 2.6 -25.1 292 30 335.7 336.0 294.3 340.0 1.19 15 300 9659 -33.6 -37.5 68 3.9 -34.1 290 32 338.0 338.1 294.3 339.9 0.51 16 250 10907 -45.3 -49.6 62 4.3 -45.5 296 33 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.4 0.17 17 200 12366 -52.5 -72.0 8 19.5 -52.9 290 57 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14186 -61.4 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.5 301 51 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16664 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 323 30 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.72 m Freezing level: 577.58 mb = 4733.02 m = 15528.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.00 mb = 3535.85 m = 11600.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.06 mb = 1530.73 m = 5022.02 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.80 mb = 2680.35 m = 8793.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4508.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.69 mb = 1787.44 m = 5864.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.0 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 309.0 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.54 Bulk Shear: 11.32 m/s