MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 42.4,-102.3 Latitude: 42.40 Longitude: -102.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 532 2 900 1001 SFC 881 1189 17.6 14.9 84 2.7 15.8 187 16 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.5 12.19 4 850 1493 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 16.0 202 45 307.7 309.9 295.0 342.9 11.62 5 800 2017 20.2 8.1 46 12.1 12.6 216 41 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.2 8.53 6 750 2572 17.7 5.3 44 12.4 10.2 219 29 315.7 317.2 294.1 339.2 7.45 7 700 3157 13.3 1.6 45 11.7 6.7 223 14 317.3 318.4 293.6 336.9 6.17 8 650 3774 7.8 -0.2 57 8.1 3.4 243 7 317.8 319.0 293.4 336.4 5.80 9 600 4428 1.8 -4.7 62 6.5 -1.4 256 6 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.8 4.51 10 550 5121 -4.0 -9.8 64 5.8 -6.4 247 8 319.4 320.0 291.7 330.2 3.31 11 500 5867 -8.1 -17.9 45 9.8 -11.5 271 14 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.87 12 450 6676 -13.3 -30.4 22 17.2 -17.2 285 17 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.68 13 400 7563 -18.9 -45.9 7 27.0 -22.6 296 22 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.16 14 350 8541 -26.8 -47.8 12 21.0 -29.0 287 24 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.15 15 300 9631 -36.3 -46.9 33 10.6 -37.1 290 29 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.19 16 250 10869 -46.5 -50.6 63 4.1 -46.7 308 32 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.15 17 200 12310 -56.4 -65.0 33 8.6 -56.6 299 37 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14123 -59.1 -80.8 4 21.7 -59.3 316 19 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16634 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 296 12 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.17 m Freezing level: 584.25 mb = 4646.18 m = 15243.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.43 mb = 4233.75 m = 13890.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.82 mb = 1535.40 m = 5037.35 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 10.16 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.02 mb = 3786.66 m = 12423.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.52 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 30.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 495.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 355.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.37 mb = 2796.66 m = 9175.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.37 mb = 4624.53 m = 15172.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.37 mb = 11538.95 m = 37856.97 ft B at Equ Level: 493.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.37 mb = 13508.07 m = 44317.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -44.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.9 neg: -65.3 tot: 176.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 7.15 Bulk Shear: 69.27 m/s