MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.45,-101.86 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -101.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 564 2 900 1034 SFC 889 1137 20.7 16.1 75 4.6 17.5 174 5 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.6 13.03 4 850 1524 15.4 14.9 97 0.5 15.1 193 6 302.3 304.6 294.2 339.7 12.65 5 800 2039 16.1 12.1 78 3.9 13.5 268 5 308.3 310.4 294.8 342.1 11.18 6 750 2588 15.4 7.4 59 8.0 10.4 294 14 313.2 314.9 294.3 340.1 8.64 7 700 3170 11.6 3.2 56 8.4 6.8 289 19 315.3 316.7 293.6 337.1 6.92 8 650 3785 7.1 1.0 65 6.1 3.7 285 24 317.0 318.2 293.6 337.2 6.35 9 600 4437 2.2 -1.7 76 3.9 0.1 281 24 318.6 319.7 293.5 336.7 5.65 10 550 5134 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.1 -3.4 278 24 321.3 322.3 293.7 337.6 5.00 11 500 5886 -6.5 -9.3 81 2.7 -7.7 277 23 325.1 325.8 293.7 337.7 3.79 12 450 6702 -11.4 -15.6 71 4.2 -13.0 284 23 328.9 329.4 293.7 337.5 2.52 13 400 7595 -17.1 -19.5 82 2.4 -17.9 296 25 332.8 333.2 294.3 340.0 2.05 14 350 8583 -24.4 -28.4 70 4.0 -25.2 298 21 335.9 336.1 294.3 339.8 1.05 15 300 9684 -33.8 -37.5 69 3.8 -34.3 278 32 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.7 0.51 16 250 10936 -42.6 -56.1 21 13.5 -43.3 279 45 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.08 17 200 12413 -51.6 -72.1 7 20.4 -52.0 294 57 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14228 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -63.0 299 44 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16687 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 324 22 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.57 m Freezing level: 575.77 mb = 4775.17 m = 15666.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.05 mb = 4463.38 m = 14643.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.78 mb = 1718.69 m = 5638.68 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 5.02 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.00 mb = 3217.20 m = 10554.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 28.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 248.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.77 mb = 1967.81 m = 6455.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.77 mb = 4964.79 m = 16288.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 421.77 mb = 7193.32 m = 23599.83 ft B at Equ Level: 37.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.77 mb = 10887.13 m = 35718.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 31.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 52.21 m/s