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: 41.5,-98.32 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -98.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 565 SFC 947 595 25.1 22.6 86 2.5 23.2 126 14 302.9 306.3 298.2 357.8 18.50 3 900 1038 21.1 20.5 97 0.6 20.7 132 26 303.2 306.4 297.5 354.1 17.14 4 850 1533 18.7 18.4 98 0.3 18.5 160 32 305.7 308.7 297.4 353.4 15.90 5 800 2053 16.0 15.8 98 0.3 15.8 184 32 308.2 310.9 296.9 351.3 14.23 6 750 2600 12.9 11.4 91 1.5 11.9 219 34 310.6 312.7 295.6 345.4 11.38 7 700 3181 12.8 5.3 61 7.4 8.3 269 17 316.6 318.2 294.8 341.9 8.03 8 650 3800 9.7 -10.2 23 19.9 0.7 276 19 319.9 320.4 291.4 328.9 2.71 9 600 4457 4.5 -15.6 22 20.1 -3.4 291 24 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.7 1.89 10 550 5156 -1.8 -23.1 18 21.4 -8.5 296 29 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.8 1.08 11 500 5905 -8.0 -27.8 19 19.8 -13.2 293 37 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.1 0.78 12 450 6714 -13.9 -34.1 16 20.2 -18.0 298 34 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.6 0.48 13 400 7596 -20.6 -33.2 32 12.5 -23.0 299 30 328.1 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.58 14 350 8568 -27.7 -46.4 15 18.7 -29.6 301 33 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.17 15 300 9656 -36.6 -53.1 17 16.4 -37.7 305 37 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.09 16 250 10892 -46.3 -60.5 19 14.2 -46.8 307 43 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.04 17 200 12338 -55.4 -65.2 29 9.8 -55.6 286 47 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14169 -56.1 -81.4 3 25.3 -56.4 271 28 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16699 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.8 216 14 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.02 m Freezing level: 564.00 mb = 4960.64 m = 16274.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.90 mb = 3902.62 m = 12803.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.39 mb = 908.97 m = 2982.15 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 32.03 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1239.67 m = 4067.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 26.40 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 520.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2761.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.27 mb = 1190.84 m = 3906.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.27 mb = 1439.05 m = 4721.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.27 mb = 3070.06 m = 10072.25 ft B at Equ Level: 48.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 589.6 neg: -13.2 tot: 576.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 192.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.68 Bulk Rich Number: 10.95 Bulk Shear: 252.10 m/s