MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 41.0,-102.0 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 1 950 583 2 900 1046 SFC 897 1077 12.3 11.7 96 0.6 11.9 14 2 294.4 296.2 289.5 322.2 9.68 4 850 1536 18.7 11.0 61 7.6 13.8 338 6 305.7 307.5 293.1 335.1 9.77 5 800 2056 18.2 6.4 46 11.8 11.0 14 4 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.8 7.55 6 750 2605 14.2 3.4 48 10.8 8.0 199 2 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.2 6.51 7 700 3182 8.7 1.8 62 6.9 4.9 255 3 312.1 313.3 292.2 331.6 6.24 8 650 3790 3.9 0.2 77 3.7 1.9 331 12 313.3 314.5 292.3 332.1 5.99 9 600 4434 -1.1 -3.3 85 2.1 -2.2 345 23 314.8 315.8 291.9 330.7 5.02 10 550 5124 -4.9 -10.3 66 5.3 -7.2 345 20 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.6 3.18 11 500 5868 -8.4 -16.1 54 7.7 -11.1 323 14 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.2 2.18 12 450 6681 -11.3 -33.8 14 22.4 -16.3 344 17 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.49 13 400 7571 -17.6 -39.4 13 21.9 -21.3 345 26 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.31 14 350 8556 -25.2 -41.2 21 16.0 -27.4 338 23 334.8 334.9 293.3 335.9 0.30 15 300 9654 -34.9 -44.2 38 9.3 -35.8 347 28 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.25 16 250 10897 -45.4 -54.6 35 9.2 -45.8 347 32 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.09 17 200 12347 -56.3 -68.0 22 11.7 -56.5 345 29 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14131 -63.1 -73.4 24 10.3 -63.2 317 14 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16644 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 304 11 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.53 m Freezing level: 611.25 mb = 4289.39 m = 14072.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.74 mb = 4083.27 m = 13396.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.34 mb = 1148.16 m = 3766.87 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 3.46 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.32 mb = 3439.91 m = 11285.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 31.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5135.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.26 mb = 2500.67 m = 8204.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 8.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -12.4 tot: 43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 8.65 m/s