MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.43,-99.65 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 554 SFC 925 792 27.4 20.3 66 7.0 22.3 144 10 307.3 310.4 298.1 357.0 16.46 3 900 1033 24.7 19.3 72 5.5 20.8 147 13 307.0 309.9 297.6 354.6 15.81 4 850 1531 19.9 18.2 90 1.7 18.7 151 14 306.9 309.9 297.5 354.1 15.66 5 800 2052 17.2 12.4 73 4.8 14.0 216 7 309.5 311.6 295.3 344.2 11.39 6 750 2601 14.8 3.2 46 11.6 8.1 287 9 312.6 313.9 292.4 332.7 6.42 7 700 3180 10.8 -2.5 39 13.3 3.9 324 18 314.5 315.3 291.4 328.9 4.54 8 650 3793 6.1 -3.3 51 9.5 1.3 312 23 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.6 4.60 9 600 4442 0.6 -8.9 49 9.6 -3.6 308 25 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.4 3.24 10 550 5133 -4.6 -15.4 42 10.8 -8.5 317 28 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.7 2.10 11 500 5876 -9.8 -23.0 33 13.1 -13.6 319 27 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.20 12 450 6680 -15.3 -32.9 21 17.6 -18.9 315 30 324.0 324.1 290.6 325.9 0.53 13 400 7557 -21.4 -37.6 22 16.2 -24.0 316 32 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.38 14 350 8529 -27.9 -45.7 17 17.7 -29.9 316 35 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 15 300 9615 -36.8 -48.7 28 11.9 -37.7 317 42 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.15 16 250 10850 -46.3 -58.6 23 12.3 -46.7 313 51 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12305 -53.2 -67.5 16 14.3 -53.5 303 54 348.5 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14149 -55.7 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 294 35 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.1 0.00 19 100 16683 -62.9 -86.3 3 23.4 -63.1 240 9 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.29 m Freezing level: 593.84 mb = 4526.95 m = 14852.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.54 mb = 3962.70 m = 13000.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.07 mb = 1683.55 m = 5523.39 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 28.06 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.09 mb = 2093.84 m = 6869.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -8.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -8.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 28.02 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2857.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.56 mb = 1781.98 m = 5846.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.56 mb = 2937.49 m = 9637.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.56 mb = 12960.40 m = 42520.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2818.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 123.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 20.61 Bulk Shear: 138.65 m/s