MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.23,-95.85 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -95.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 980 335 20.0 15.1 73 5.0 16.8 161 8 294.9 296.9 290.7 326.6 11.06 2 950 601 18.5 13.2 71 5.3 15.2 178 18 296.0 297.8 290.3 325.2 10.11 3 900 1065 16.4 15.4 94 1.0 15.8 224 11 298.4 300.7 292.9 334.3 12.32 4 850 1551 14.4 12.4 88 2.0 13.1 259 9 301.2 303.2 292.5 332.8 10.72 5 800 2061 12.0 9.0 82 3.0 10.2 257 6 303.9 305.6 292.0 330.9 9.03 6 750 2600 9.6 4.1 69 5.4 6.5 204 5 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.0 6.88 7 700 3170 6.9 1.9 71 4.9 4.1 204 3 310.1 311.3 291.6 329.5 6.29 8 650 3775 3.1 -1.5 71 4.7 0.7 24 2 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.1 5.26 9 600 4419 -1.0 -6.5 66 5.5 -3.5 330 3 315.0 315.7 291.0 327.5 3.91 10 550 5108 -5.6 -11.9 61 6.3 -8.1 292 7 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.5 2.78 11 500 5847 -11.4 -15.1 74 3.7 -12.7 305 5 319.1 319.6 290.9 327.0 2.36 12 450 6650 -15.0 -31.1 24 16.2 -18.4 23 4 324.4 324.6 290.7 326.7 0.63 13 400 7529 -21.1 -34.5 29 13.4 -23.5 70 2 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.4 0.51 14 350 8502 -27.4 -42.9 21 15.5 -29.2 23 6 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.8 0.25 15 300 9592 -36.3 -44.8 41 8.5 -37.0 32 4 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.2 0.24 16 250 10828 -47.0 -52.3 55 5.2 -47.3 33 1 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.12 17 200 12265 -57.1 -62.9 48 5.8 -57.2 327 22 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14100 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 318 16 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16646 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 325 9 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.02 m Freezing level: 612.08 mb = 4263.73 m = 13988.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.49 mb = 3881.43 m = 12734.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.75 mb = 962.81 m = 3158.80 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 1999.79 m = 6560.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.63 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6188.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.99 mb = 1207.59 m = 3961.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 60.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 23.38 m/s