MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.71,-98.03 Latitude: 42.71 Longitude: -98.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 961 456 25.3 22.8 86 2.4 23.5 154 11 301.8 305.2 298.0 356.5 18.52 2 950 559 26.3 21.8 76 4.6 23.0 157 20 303.9 307.1 297.9 356.1 17.52 3 900 1036 23.6 20.0 80 3.6 21.0 171 29 305.8 308.9 297.8 355.4 16.53 4 850 1533 19.3 18.5 95 0.9 18.8 185 31 306.4 309.4 297.5 354.3 15.95 5 800 2055 17.1 14.9 87 2.2 15.5 222 31 309.3 311.9 296.7 350.1 13.43 6 750 2605 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.3 245 28 312.5 314.9 296.7 350.5 12.34 7 700 3186 11.5 6.1 69 5.5 8.2 268 23 315.2 316.9 294.7 341.7 8.45 8 650 3802 8.2 -4.4 40 12.7 1.8 279 27 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.0 4.23 9 600 4457 3.6 -14.7 25 18.3 -3.7 274 31 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.1 2.04 10 550 5154 -2.6 -19.2 27 16.6 -8.3 273 36 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.2 1.52 11 500 5899 -9.5 -24.0 30 14.5 -13.6 280 37 321.4 321.7 290.3 325.3 1.10 12 450 6704 -15.3 -23.3 50 8.0 -17.5 285 34 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.5 1.30 13 400 7583 -20.8 -25.3 67 4.5 -22.0 284 30 327.9 328.1 292.3 332.2 1.22 14 350 8555 -27.8 -31.2 73 3.3 -28.5 283 26 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.2 0.81 15 300 9646 -35.3 -38.7 71 3.3 -35.7 272 17 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.3 0.45 16 250 10892 -44.4 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.6 223 8 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.9 0.20 17 200 12346 -55.9 -59.9 60 4.1 -56.0 153 5 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14163 -54.9 -80.2 3 25.4 -55.2 259 27 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16717 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 215 11 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.37 m Freezing level: 571.11 mb = 4859.66 m = 15943.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4014.20 m = 13169.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.58 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.18 mb = 764.02 m = 2506.61 ft T: 25.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 25.27 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1531.38 m = 5024.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.63 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -8.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 27.99 C K Index: 41.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 627.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2877.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.06 mb = 1370.54 m = 4496.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.06 mb = 2705.57 m = 8876.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.06 mb = 13333.35 m = 43744.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2819.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 413.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.22 Bulk Rich Number: 15.51 Bulk Shear: 185.54 m/s