MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.19,-101.44 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -101.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 581 SFC 910 956 24.9 15.6 56 9.3 18.5 203 9 306.2 308.5 295.1 343.2 12.33 3 900 1054 22.0 14.7 63 7.4 17.1 203 9 304.2 306.4 294.1 339.2 11.74 4 850 1546 16.9 13.5 80 3.4 14.7 203 10 303.8 306.0 293.9 338.1 11.52 5 800 2061 14.5 7.9 64 6.6 10.4 192 6 306.6 308.1 292.2 331.9 8.36 6 750 2605 11.6 6.1 69 5.5 8.3 17 3 309.2 310.6 292.6 333.3 7.90 7 700 3178 7.5 2.5 71 5.0 4.7 6 11 310.8 312.0 292.0 331.2 6.58 8 650 3783 2.8 -3.4 64 6.1 -0.3 359 14 312.1 313.0 290.7 326.6 4.59 9 600 4426 -1.5 -7.3 65 5.8 -4.1 338 13 314.3 315.0 290.6 326.1 3.68 10 550 5114 -5.1 -18.4 34 13.3 -9.5 317 18 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.6 1.63 11 500 5856 -10.2 -24.3 31 14.1 -14.1 315 17 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.3 1.07 12 450 6657 -16.3 -34.0 20 17.7 -19.7 317 16 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.5 0.48 13 400 7530 -23.2 -34.1 36 10.9 -25.1 303 13 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.7 0.53 14 350 8494 -30.2 -42.3 30 12.1 -31.6 306 20 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.26 15 300 9571 -38.6 -52.2 22 13.6 -39.4 303 26 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 16 250 10805 -44.2 -65.5 8 21.4 -44.9 286 53 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 17 200 12283 -49.4 -73.0 5 23.6 -49.9 278 69 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14138 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.2 277 42 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16641 -65.6 -85.1 5 19.5 -65.8 267 22 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.27 m Freezing level: 617.83 mb = 4196.35 m = 13767.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.74 mb = 3748.52 m = 12298.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.03 mb = 2124.36 m = 6969.59 ft T: 14.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.72 mb = 2708.04 m = 8884.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 35.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.92 mb = 2125.55 m = 6973.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.92 mb = 3427.40 m = 11244.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.92 mb = 10311.00 m = 33828.33 ft B at Equ Level: 722.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.92 mb = 12650.73 m = 41504.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.4 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 352.4 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -49.6 tot: -46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.84 Bulk Shear: 45.75 m/s