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: 41.13,-98.15 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 953 539 25.1 22.5 86 2.6 23.2 127 13 302.4 305.8 298.1 356.7 18.35 2 950 566 25.1 22.4 85 2.7 23.2 128 15 302.7 306.1 298.1 356.8 18.24 3 900 1040 21.4 20.6 95 0.8 20.8 135 27 303.6 306.8 297.6 354.7 17.19 4 850 1535 18.9 18.8 99 0.2 18.8 158 32 306.0 309.0 297.6 354.7 16.24 5 800 2056 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 181 32 308.4 311.1 297.0 351.8 14.34 6 750 2603 12.4 10.8 90 1.6 11.3 214 32 310.0 312.1 295.1 343.3 10.89 7 700 3183 12.3 6.4 67 6.0 8.7 276 19 316.2 317.8 295.1 343.3 8.64 8 650 3802 10.0 -10.7 22 20.7 0.7 283 19 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.9 2.60 9 600 4460 4.6 -16.6 20 21.2 -3.6 298 24 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.3 1.74 10 550 5159 -1.5 -25.2 14 23.7 -8.7 300 31 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.89 11 500 5908 -7.7 -27.9 18 20.2 -13.0 299 37 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.77 12 450 6718 -13.7 -35.2 14 21.5 -18.0 303 34 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.5 0.42 13 400 7600 -20.5 -35.5 25 14.9 -23.2 303 31 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.0 0.47 14 350 8573 -27.8 -46.2 16 18.3 -29.8 301 33 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.17 15 300 9661 -36.5 -53.3 16 16.8 -37.5 303 37 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 16 250 10899 -46.1 -60.6 18 14.6 -46.6 304 42 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.04 17 200 12346 -54.9 -65.0 28 10.1 -55.1 287 48 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14176 -56.9 -80.7 3 23.8 -57.2 271 30 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16701 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 214 15 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.81 m Freezing level: 562.49 mb = 4984.63 m = 16353.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3907.89 m = 12821.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.26 mb = 864.15 m = 2835.12 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 29.26 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1278.34 m = 4193.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 39.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2792.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.62 mb = 1169.92 m = 3838.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.62 mb = 1518.72 m = 4982.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 701.62 mb = 3163.48 m = 10378.75 ft B at Equ Level: 62.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 572.9 neg: -5.4 tot: 567.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.85 Bulk Rich Number: 10.87 Bulk Shear: 256.83 m/s