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: 41.27,-98.40 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -98.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 564 SFC 949 572 24.9 22.6 87 2.4 23.2 127 13 302.6 306.0 298.1 357.2 18.45 3 900 1038 21.4 20.9 97 0.4 21.1 135 26 303.5 306.8 297.8 355.8 17.58 4 850 1533 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.1 158 31 306.3 309.4 297.9 356.0 16.56 5 800 2054 16.3 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 181 31 308.5 311.2 297.2 352.7 14.57 6 750 2602 13.2 11.9 92 1.3 12.3 213 33 310.9 313.1 295.9 346.8 11.73 7 700 3182 12.9 4.7 57 8.2 7.9 269 19 316.7 318.2 294.6 340.9 7.66 8 650 3802 9.8 -11.4 21 21.2 0.4 277 19 320.1 320.5 291.2 328.3 2.46 9 600 4460 4.6 -15.9 21 20.5 -3.4 289 23 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.85 10 550 5159 -1.5 -22.6 18 21.0 -8.3 294 30 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.2 1.13 11 500 5908 -7.8 -31.0 14 23.2 -13.4 295 37 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.7 0.58 12 450 6717 -13.7 -35.1 15 21.4 -18.0 300 35 326.1 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.43 13 400 7600 -20.5 -34.4 28 13.9 -23.0 302 30 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.52 14 350 8572 -27.7 -47.8 13 20.1 -29.7 303 33 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.15 15 300 9661 -36.6 -53.6 15 17.1 -37.7 305 36 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.09 16 250 10897 -46.3 -60.1 19 13.9 -46.7 306 42 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12343 -55.4 -65.4 28 10.0 -55.6 286 49 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14173 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 270 30 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16700 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 213 15 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.89 m Freezing level: 562.56 mb = 4983.16 m = 16348.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3872.25 m = 12704.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.46 mb = 869.34 m = 2852.15 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 30.34 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1224.04 m = 4015.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 26.82 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 533.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2976.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.90 mb = 1154.99 m = 3789.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.90 mb = 1503.58 m = 4932.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.90 mb = 3028.56 m = 9936.09 ft B at Equ Level: 55.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 534.3 neg: -5.6 tot: 528.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 176.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.03 Bulk Rich Number: 12.77 Bulk Shear: 233.13 m/s