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: 41.48,-98.64 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -98.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 562 SFC 943 626 24.4 22.7 90 1.7 23.2 131 12 302.6 306.1 298.3 358.2 18.74 3 900 1035 21.4 21.1 98 0.3 21.2 135 23 303.6 306.9 298.0 356.6 17.81 4 850 1531 19.3 19.2 99 0.1 19.2 160 30 306.4 309.5 298.0 356.5 16.68 5 800 2052 16.2 16.0 98 0.2 16.1 182 31 308.4 311.1 297.1 352.1 14.42 6 750 2600 13.2 12.2 94 1.0 12.6 214 32 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.6 12.00 7 700 3181 13.5 1.9 45 11.6 6.8 266 18 317.4 318.7 293.7 337.4 6.27 8 650 3801 10.0 -12.9 19 22.8 0.2 274 20 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.6 2.19 9 600 4459 4.5 -15.4 22 19.9 -3.4 284 22 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.9 1.93 10 550 5158 -1.7 -20.4 22 18.7 -8.0 289 28 322.0 322.3 290.8 326.7 1.37 11 500 5907 -7.8 -29.7 15 21.9 -13.3 290 38 323.5 323.7 290.5 325.9 0.65 12 450 6716 -13.8 -33.3 18 19.4 -17.9 296 34 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.51 13 400 7598 -20.6 -34.2 28 13.6 -23.1 298 29 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.53 14 350 8571 -27.4 -47.7 13 20.4 -29.5 301 33 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.15 15 300 9659 -36.7 -52.5 18 15.8 -37.7 307 36 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 16 250 10895 -46.6 -60.0 20 13.4 -47.1 307 42 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 17 200 12338 -55.9 -65.0 31 9.1 -56.1 285 49 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 14169 -55.6 -81.3 3 25.7 -55.9 271 29 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16698 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 214 15 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.61 m Freezing level: 563.88 mb = 4963.91 m = 16285.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.66 mb = 3831.07 m = 12568.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.07 mb = 842.29 m = 2763.38 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 30.58 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1221.87 m = 4008.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.97 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3144.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.37 mb = 1177.52 m = 3863.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.37 mb = 1527.53 m = 5011.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 710.37 mb = 3057.38 m = 10030.64 ft B at Equ Level: 58.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 284.3 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 496.6 neg: -8.0 tot: 488.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.26 Bulk Rich Number: 14.77 Bulk Shear: 212.82 m/s