MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-103.96 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 578 2 900 1046 SFC 865 1382 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 294 8 302.5 305.1 295.2 343.6 13.90 4 850 1536 15.7 15.5 99 0.1 15.6 306 13 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.5 13.17 5 800 2050 13.5 13.2 98 0.4 13.3 36 5 305.6 307.8 294.7 341.5 11.97 6 750 2593 10.8 10.2 96 0.6 10.4 91 7 308.3 310.2 294.3 340.0 10.47 7 700 3166 7.7 7.2 97 0.5 7.3 110 6 311.0 312.7 294.1 339.0 9.12 8 650 3774 4.1 3.6 97 0.5 3.8 121 5 313.6 315.1 293.7 337.5 7.67 9 600 4422 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.1 165 5 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.7 6.41 10 550 5117 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.4 -3.0 195 7 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.5 5.49 11 500 5868 -6.5 -7.4 94 0.8 -6.9 208 10 325.1 326.0 294.3 339.7 4.41 12 450 6684 -11.1 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.7 212 14 329.2 329.9 294.4 340.3 3.26 13 400 7579 -16.7 -18.6 85 1.9 -17.3 217 16 333.3 333.7 294.6 341.1 2.21 14 350 8568 -23.8 -26.3 80 2.5 -24.4 243 18 336.7 336.9 294.6 341.3 1.28 15 300 9674 -32.8 -35.7 75 2.9 -33.2 274 22 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.61 16 250 10928 -44.2 -47.6 69 3.4 -44.5 288 27 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12384 -50.7 -71.1 7 20.3 -51.2 275 44 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 14222 -59.2 -84.2 3 25.0 -59.5 288 42 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16709 -65.8 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 313 22 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.99 m Freezing level: 595.40 mb = 4485.98 m = 14717.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.84 mb = 4450.94 m = 14602.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.52 mb = 1441.07 m = 4727.87 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.86 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2033.60 m = 6671.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.97 C = 67.95 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.44 mb = 1940.24 m = 6365.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.44 mb = 2531.88 m = 8306.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.44 mb = 6761.68 m = 22183.71 ft B at Equ Level: 130.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.44 mb = 11898.93 m = 39038.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.5 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 221.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.8 neg: -1.9 tot: 81.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 38.46 m/s