MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-101.02 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -101.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 575 SFC 917 879 19.6 17.1 85 2.5 17.9 119 8 300.1 302.6 294.2 339.6 13.50 3 900 1043 17.9 16.7 92 1.2 17.1 122 12 300.0 302.4 294.1 339.2 13.40 4 850 1531 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 166 14 302.5 304.9 294.6 340.9 12.98 5 800 2046 14.5 13.0 91 1.5 13.5 192 11 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.2 11.83 6 750 2590 11.1 10.0 92 1.2 10.4 240 14 308.7 310.6 294.3 340.0 10.31 7 700 3164 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.2 250 6 312.3 313.9 294.0 338.6 8.52 8 650 3775 5.9 2.5 78 3.5 3.9 286 6 315.7 317.0 293.8 337.9 7.05 9 600 4427 2.3 -2.8 69 5.1 -0.3 297 13 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.5 5.19 10 550 5124 -2.4 -5.5 79 3.1 -3.9 293 20 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.3 4.62 11 500 5875 -7.4 -10.1 81 2.7 -8.6 291 21 324.0 324.7 293.3 335.8 3.55 12 450 6688 -12.2 -16.5 70 4.3 -13.7 291 24 327.9 328.4 293.3 336.0 2.34 13 400 7577 -18.7 -28.4 42 9.7 -21.0 293 25 330.7 330.9 292.8 334.0 0.92 14 350 8559 -25.2 -35.3 38 10.1 -26.9 298 25 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.9 0.54 15 300 9661 -33.0 -42.7 37 9.7 -34.1 291 30 338.8 338.9 294.3 340.0 0.29 16 250 10915 -42.6 -60.0 13 17.4 -43.4 287 41 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 17 200 12393 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.7 285 69 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14223 -60.8 -83.7 3 22.9 -61.0 303 49 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16688 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 321 28 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.91 m Freezing level: 575.38 mb = 4770.42 m = 15650.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.88 mb = 4374.63 m = 14352.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.01 mb = 1195.79 m = 3923.13 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 6.66 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 2049.81 m = 6725.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.70 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.20 mb = 1488.84 m = 4884.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.20 mb = 5135.83 m = 16849.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.20 mb = 8996.89 m = 29516.99 ft B at Equ Level: 111.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.20 mb = 11207.79 m = 36770.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.9 neg: -19.6 tot: 106.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 79.69 m/s