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: 41.54,-98.39 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 564 SFC 945 609 25.1 22.5 86 2.6 23.2 127 14 303.1 306.5 298.3 358.0 18.48 3 900 1038 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 133 26 303.3 306.5 297.6 354.5 17.24 4 850 1533 18.8 18.5 98 0.3 18.6 161 32 305.9 308.8 297.4 353.6 15.94 5 800 2053 16.0 15.6 98 0.4 15.8 184 32 308.2 310.9 296.8 350.9 14.12 6 750 2600 12.9 11.4 91 1.5 11.9 219 34 310.6 312.7 295.6 345.4 11.37 7 700 3181 13.0 4.1 55 8.9 7.7 269 17 316.8 318.2 294.3 340.0 7.33 8 650 3800 9.7 -10.4 23 20.1 0.7 275 20 320.0 320.5 291.4 328.8 2.67 9 600 4457 4.5 -15.2 22 19.7 -3.3 289 24 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.9 1.95 10 550 5156 -1.8 -22.3 19 20.5 -8.4 295 29 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.0 1.16 11 500 5905 -8.0 -28.5 17 20.5 -13.2 292 36 323.3 323.5 290.6 325.9 0.73 12 450 6714 -13.8 -34.4 16 20.6 -18.0 297 34 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.46 13 400 7595 -20.6 -33.5 31 12.8 -23.1 298 30 328.1 328.3 291.7 330.2 0.57 14 350 8568 -27.6 -46.9 14 19.3 -29.6 301 33 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 15 300 9656 -36.7 -52.7 17 16.1 -37.7 305 37 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 16 250 10892 -46.4 -60.6 18 14.2 -46.9 308 43 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.04 17 200 12337 -55.5 -65.4 28 9.9 -55.7 286 48 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14168 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 271 28 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16698 -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: 5791.53 m Freezing level: 564.24 mb = 4957.18 m = 16263.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.72 mb = 3904.91 m = 12811.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.91 mb = 932.12 m = 3058.10 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 32.04 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1252.59 m = 4109.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 26.43 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 525.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2812.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.86 mb = 1204.07 m = 3950.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.86 mb = 1452.77 m = 4766.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.86 mb = 2968.39 m = 9738.69 ft B at Equ Level: 51.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 569.8 neg: -13.1 tot: 556.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.60 Bulk Rich Number: 11.51 Bulk Shear: 244.40 m/s