MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.67,-99.95 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -99.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 538 SFC 919 830 30.0 20.6 57 9.4 23.1 180 20 310.5 313.7 299.1 361.9 16.83 3 900 1019 26.3 19.4 66 6.9 21.3 181 27 308.7 311.7 298.1 357.1 15.98 4 850 1520 21.3 18.2 83 3.1 19.1 184 30 308.5 311.4 297.9 356.0 15.69 5 800 2044 19.4 4.6 38 14.8 10.6 198 41 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.4 6.64 6 750 2597 18.1 -4.4 21 22.5 6.6 208 32 316.2 316.9 291.2 328.1 3.68 7 700 3182 14.1 -5.1 26 19.2 4.4 214 28 318.1 318.8 291.8 330.3 3.74 8 650 3802 9.8 -2.2 43 12.0 3.4 241 23 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.3 5.02 9 600 4460 4.5 -13.0 27 17.5 -2.8 281 16 321.4 321.8 291.5 329.2 2.35 10 550 5160 -1.8 -17.4 29 15.5 -7.5 289 18 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.0 1.78 11 500 5908 -8.3 -20.9 36 12.6 -12.2 293 23 322.9 323.2 291.1 327.9 1.45 12 450 6715 -14.5 -32.9 19 18.4 -18.3 290 24 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.0 0.53 13 400 7596 -21.0 -36.1 24 15.1 -23.6 287 26 327.7 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.44 14 350 8566 -28.5 -40.1 32 11.6 -30.0 286 33 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.5 0.33 15 300 9652 -36.8 -40.3 70 3.5 -37.2 277 38 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.38 16 250 10891 -45.7 -49.2 67 3.5 -45.9 281 56 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.17 17 200 12340 -54.8 -63.4 34 8.6 -55.0 283 54 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14162 -58.5 -79.1 5 20.6 -58.7 277 42 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16686 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 229 11 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.13 m Freezing level: 564.34 mb = 4958.84 m = 16268.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.48 mb = 4157.50 m = 13639.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.84 C = 92.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.78 mb = 2014.22 m = 6608.24 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 33.81 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.69 mb = 3125.42 m = 10253.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.24 C = 99.04 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 28.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 588.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2669.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.85 mb = 2077.93 m = 6817.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.85 mb = 4165.80 m = 13667.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.85 mb = 13300.70 m = 43636.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2627.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 214.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.22 Bulk Rich Number: 37.62 Bulk Shear: 70.95 m/s