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: 41.39,-98.19 Latitude: 41.39 Longitude: -98.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 951 560 25.3 22.3 84 3.0 23.1 125 14 302.8 306.1 298.0 356.6 18.13 2 950 566 25.2 22.1 83 3.1 22.9 125 15 302.7 306.0 297.8 355.6 17.85 3 900 1040 21.0 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 133 27 303.2 306.3 297.4 353.7 17.01 4 850 1534 18.7 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 160 33 305.7 308.7 297.3 353.3 15.89 5 800 2055 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.9 184 33 308.2 310.9 296.9 351.4 14.28 6 750 2601 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 218 35 310.3 312.4 295.5 345.0 11.36 7 700 3181 12.3 7.0 70 5.2 9.0 272 18 316.1 317.8 295.4 344.4 9.03 8 650 3800 9.9 -10.7 22 20.5 0.7 280 19 320.1 320.6 291.4 328.8 2.61 9 600 4458 4.6 -15.7 21 20.3 -3.4 296 24 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.87 10 550 5157 -1.7 -24.2 16 22.5 -8.6 299 30 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.6 0.98 11 500 5906 -7.9 -27.8 19 19.9 -13.1 296 37 323.4 323.6 290.6 326.2 0.78 12 450 6715 -13.9 -33.6 17 19.7 -18.0 300 34 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.6 0.50 13 400 7597 -20.6 -33.7 30 13.1 -23.0 302 30 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.55 14 350 8569 -27.8 -46.0 16 18.2 -29.8 302 33 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.18 15 300 9657 -36.5 -53.4 16 16.9 -37.6 304 37 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.09 16 250 10894 -46.2 -60.3 19 14.1 -46.7 307 43 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12341 -55.1 -64.9 28 9.9 -55.2 286 47 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14172 -56.5 -81.6 3 25.1 -56.8 272 28 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16700 -60.6 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 217 14 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.68 m Freezing level: 563.30 mb = 4971.06 m = 16309.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.90 mb = 3902.97 m = 12804.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.84 mb = 934.94 m = 3067.36 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 30.99 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1268.09 m = 4160.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 26.29 C K Index: 39.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2622.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.03 mb = 1184.95 m = 3887.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.03 mb = 1534.08 m = 5033.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 710.03 mb = 3061.79 m = 10045.13 ft B at Equ Level: 48.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.1 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 288.1 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 617.3 neg: -11.4 tot: 605.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.0 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.39 Bulk Rich Number: 10.05 Bulk Shear: 260.82 m/s