MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 72 1 950 531 SFC 919 830 31.0 20.4 54 10.5 23.2 181 18 311.6 314.7 299.2 362.8 16.69 3 900 1016 28.2 19.4 59 8.8 21.8 183 24 310.5 313.5 298.5 359.1 15.92 4 850 1520 23.1 18.2 74 4.9 19.6 185 26 310.4 313.3 298.3 358.2 15.65 5 800 2046 18.0 17.3 96 0.7 17.5 186 27 310.3 313.3 298.4 358.5 15.77 6 750 2598 16.1 12.0 76 4.2 13.3 224 31 314.1 316.3 296.8 350.7 11.82 7 700 3184 14.8 0.5 37 14.4 6.7 245 22 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.1 5.66 8 650 3805 10.5 -9.8 23 20.3 1.1 277 15 320.8 321.4 291.7 330.1 2.79 9 600 4464 4.7 -13.1 26 17.8 -2.7 288 12 321.5 322.0 291.5 329.3 2.32 10 550 5164 -1.6 -16.5 31 15.0 -7.1 303 14 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.7 1.91 11 500 5913 -8.4 -21.0 35 12.6 -12.3 289 19 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.7 1.43 12 450 6719 -15.0 -30.9 24 15.9 -18.4 279 23 324.4 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.65 13 400 7597 -21.6 -39.9 17 18.3 -24.3 275 26 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.30 14 350 8565 -29.9 -36.9 50 7.1 -30.8 277 30 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.2 0.46 15 300 9649 -36.4 -39.6 72 3.2 -36.7 271 39 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.41 16 250 10885 -46.7 -50.2 67 3.5 -46.9 274 58 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.15 17 200 12334 -54.2 -64.9 26 10.8 -54.4 280 57 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14166 -56.7 -80.3 4 23.7 -57.0 275 31 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 228 11 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.74 m Freezing level: 562.52 mb = 4988.42 m = 16365.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.35 mb = 3992.82 m = 13099.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.26 mb = 2161.59 m = 7091.74 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 31.70 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2408.31 m = 7901.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -8.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -8.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.54 C Cross Totals Index: 26.60 C K Index: 35.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 619.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3507.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.48 mb = 2137.57 m = 7012.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.48 mb = 3978.27 m = 13051.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.48 mb = 13502.20 m = 44298.00 ft B at Equ Level: 3462.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.19 Bulk Rich Number: 50.53 Bulk Shear: 69.41 m/s