MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 41.0,-101.7 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 1 950 467 2 900 961 SFC 893 1030 36.7 14.1 26 22.6 20.9 166 7 320.0 322.2 297.9 356.0 11.36 4 850 1476 30.7 12.0 32 18.6 18.0 171 8 318.3 320.3 296.9 351.2 10.45 5 800 2014 26.8 3.2 22 23.6 12.6 217 8 319.7 320.9 294.1 339.1 6.03 6 750 2578 22.5 -0.9 21 23.4 9.4 243 11 321.0 322.0 293.5 336.6 4.79 7 700 3171 17.3 -3.1 25 20.4 6.3 250 11 321.7 322.5 293.3 335.9 4.34 8 650 3797 11.8 -4.5 32 16.3 3.4 261 11 322.3 323.1 293.4 336.2 4.22 9 600 4459 5.7 -6.3 42 12.0 -0.2 270 13 322.7 323.5 293.3 335.8 3.97 10 550 5162 -1.0 -7.3 62 6.4 -4.0 269 15 322.9 323.7 293.3 336.1 4.01 11 500 5913 -8.0 -10.2 84 2.2 -8.9 270 15 323.3 324.0 293.0 335.0 3.53 12 450 6721 -13.6 -28.4 28 14.8 -17.2 277 14 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.1 0.82 13 400 7608 -19.0 -36.5 20 17.6 -22.1 278 23 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.42 14 350 8587 -26.3 -44.3 17 18.0 -28.5 281 28 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.21 15 300 9681 -35.5 -51.8 17 16.2 -36.7 271 30 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.11 16 250 10920 -46.0 -54.6 37 8.7 -46.3 260 29 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.09 17 200 12366 -56.7 -63.0 45 6.2 -56.9 248 24 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14157 -62.8 -77.6 12 14.9 -62.9 245 23 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16660 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 255 8 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5913.44 m Freezing level: 557.36 mb = 5058.64 m = 16596.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.00 mb = 4417.43 m = 14492.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.79 % Est. max temperature: 37.78 C = 100.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 645.18 mb = 3858.32 m = 12658.37 ft T: 11.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 593.46 mb = 4547.35 m = 14918.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.35 C = 102.83 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.04 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1509.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 189.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.19 mb = 4145.09 m = 13599.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.19 mb = 4899.07 m = 16072.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.19 mb = 13084.71 m = 42928.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1484.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.19 mb = 15627.99 m = 51272.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 56.72 Bulk Shear: 26.61 m/s