MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.78,-98.48 Latitude: 42.78 Longitude: -98.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 956 498 30.8 21.9 59 8.8 24.2 162 18 307.9 311.2 298.9 361.1 17.59 2 950 554 28.8 21.1 63 7.7 23.2 163 21 306.4 309.6 298.1 357.0 16.84 3 900 1032 23.7 19.7 78 4.0 20.9 170 27 305.9 309.0 297.7 354.8 16.28 4 850 1532 23.0 11.7 49 11.3 15.5 194 35 310.2 312.1 294.7 341.4 10.20 5 800 2057 19.5 2.8 33 16.8 9.9 200 36 312.0 313.1 291.8 330.3 5.85 6 750 2608 16.4 1.0 35 15.5 7.8 211 31 314.4 315.5 292.2 331.7 5.48 7 700 3191 13.0 -3.9 31 16.9 4.4 219 22 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.1 4.09 8 650 3809 8.9 -12.1 21 21.0 -0.2 230 16 319.0 319.5 290.8 326.8 2.33 9 600 4465 3.6 -9.9 37 13.4 -2.4 248 18 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.2 3.01 10 550 5162 -2.7 -6.9 73 4.2 -4.7 255 23 320.8 321.7 292.9 334.4 4.13 11 500 5908 -9.6 -11.8 84 2.2 -10.5 265 25 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.7 3.11 12 450 6713 -15.6 -26.6 38 11.0 -18.3 272 24 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.0 0.97 13 400 7589 -22.0 -33.8 34 11.8 -24.1 279 26 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.4 0.55 14 350 8558 -28.5 -35.4 52 6.9 -29.5 280 24 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.3 0.54 15 300 9645 -36.5 -40.3 68 3.8 -36.9 292 25 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.38 16 250 10882 -45.9 -50.4 61 4.4 -46.2 288 42 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.15 17 200 12331 -55.3 -64.3 32 8.9 -55.5 287 51 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14165 -54.8 -80.7 3 25.9 -55.2 275 21 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16695 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 214 10 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.28 m Freezing level: 571.69 mb = 4859.73 m = 15943.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.73 mb = 3786.60 m = 12423.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.21 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.47 mb = 1619.41 m = 5312.97 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 30.80 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.33 mb = 2763.69 m = 9067.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.91 C = 100.24 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -7.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 474.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2615.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.35 mb = 1797.31 m = 5896.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.35 mb = 3944.10 m = 12939.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.35 mb = 13025.54 m = 42734.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2577.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.7 neg: -20.5 tot: 209.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.72 Bulk Rich Number: 38.75 Bulk Shear: 67.48 m/s