MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.77,-97.34 Latitude: 40.77 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 961 474 26.8 20.9 70 5.9 22.5 124 15 303.4 306.4 297.1 352.1 16.41 2 950 575 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.7 126 21 303.5 306.4 296.7 350.2 15.73 3 900 1049 21.5 18.8 84 2.7 19.6 134 29 303.7 306.5 296.4 349.2 15.33 4 850 1542 18.0 16.7 92 1.3 17.1 154 31 305.0 307.6 296.0 347.3 14.17 5 800 2061 15.6 14.8 95 0.8 15.1 179 28 307.8 310.3 296.3 348.2 13.38 6 750 2608 12.6 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 214 29 310.2 312.3 295.1 343.2 10.80 7 700 3185 10.7 6.7 76 4.0 8.3 261 27 314.4 316.1 294.8 341.9 8.83 8 650 3802 8.8 -6.4 34 15.1 1.4 296 18 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.8 3.65 9 600 4459 4.8 -20.0 15 24.8 -4.1 304 26 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.1 1.30 10 550 5159 -1.6 -21.7 20 20.2 -8.2 312 32 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.5 1.22 11 500 5907 -7.9 -30.4 15 22.5 -13.4 311 39 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.6 0.61 12 450 6717 -13.7 -36.9 12 23.2 -18.1 309 35 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.36 13 400 7599 -20.5 -40.1 16 19.6 -23.5 304 32 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.4 0.29 14 350 8572 -28.1 -43.5 22 15.3 -29.9 302 34 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.23 15 300 9660 -36.1 -54.4 13 18.3 -37.2 303 38 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 16 250 10900 -45.4 -59.9 18 14.5 -45.9 297 43 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12356 -53.5 -65.4 22 12.0 -53.7 286 46 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14186 -58.7 -81.9 4 23.2 -59.0 280 29 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16705 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 220 15 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.85 m Freezing level: 562.41 mb = 4985.00 m = 16354.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.12 mb = 3965.94 m = 13011.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.41 mb = 1219.17 m = 3999.85 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 22.11 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1581.91 m = 5189.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.47 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 38.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1694.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.36 mb = 1407.77 m = 4618.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.36 mb = 2293.41 m = 7524.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.36 mb = 2968.22 m = 9738.14 ft B at Equ Level: 10.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 668.36 mb = 3569.80 m = 11711.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 600.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 598.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.90 Bulk Rich Number: 5.39 Bulk Shear: 314.48 m/s