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: 41.74,-101.38 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -101.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 582 2 900 1045 SFC 896 1083 17.3 13.6 79 3.7 14.9 195 7 299.7 301.8 292.3 332.0 11.00 4 850 1530 15.3 13.8 91 1.5 14.3 206 7 302.2 304.3 293.6 336.9 11.75 5 800 2044 14.2 11.1 82 3.1 12.2 227 3 306.3 308.2 293.7 337.6 10.42 6 750 2588 12.7 -7.2 24 19.9 3.5 330 2 310.4 310.9 288.7 319.8 2.96 7 700 3163 10.0 -27.5 5 37.5 -1.5 300 5 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.5 0.57 8 650 3772 5.9 -27.5 7 33.4 -4.0 307 6 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.8 0.61 9 600 4421 1.7 -34.0 5 35.7 -7.2 325 6 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.4 0.36 10 550 5116 -2.5 -36.1 6 33.6 -10.2 328 8 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.32 11 500 5864 -7.7 -19.1 39 11.4 -11.5 301 12 323.7 324.0 291.6 329.5 1.69 12 450 6675 -12.6 -18.0 64 5.4 -14.4 282 17 327.4 327.8 292.9 334.5 2.06 13 400 7564 -18.6 -25.4 55 6.8 -20.4 290 19 330.8 331.0 293.1 335.1 1.21 14 350 8548 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.5 297 31 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.3 1.14 15 300 9650 -33.4 -36.4 74 3.0 -33.8 296 37 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.57 16 250 10901 -44.9 -48.1 70 3.2 -45.1 294 40 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.20 17 200 12353 -52.9 -67.8 15 14.9 -53.2 291 61 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14173 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 302 51 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16658 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.8 320 31 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.98 m Freezing level: 579.68 mb = 4703.41 m = 15430.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.10 mb = 2984.96 m = 9793.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.92 mb = 1551.01 m = 5088.55 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 22.10 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3125.68 m = 10254.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.91 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: 0.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: -0.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 191.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4780.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.87 mb = 1898.46 m = 6228.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.3 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 323.3 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 16.28 m/s