MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.28,-98.24 Latitude: 41.28 Longitude: -98.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 951 553 31.6 24.9 68 6.7 26.5 132 8 309.1 313.1 301.2 374.0 21.26 2 950 567 30.6 23.9 68 6.7 25.6 132 8 308.3 312.0 300.4 369.2 20.06 3 900 1049 25.8 22.5 82 3.3 23.4 135 10 308.1 311.8 300.1 367.1 19.44 4 850 1551 21.2 20.5 96 0.7 20.7 145 12 308.3 311.7 299.3 363.3 18.12 5 800 2078 21.6 12.9 57 8.8 15.7 202 20 314.2 316.5 296.8 350.6 11.73 6 750 2635 20.1 -8.9 13 28.9 6.2 224 20 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.0 2.61 7 700 3224 15.7 -9.8 16 25.4 3.8 239 20 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.5 2.60 8 650 3845 9.9 -5.8 33 15.7 2.1 253 23 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.6 3.80 9 600 4503 4.1 -11.3 32 15.4 -2.6 263 25 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.8 2.69 10 550 5201 -2.4 -17.4 30 15.0 -7.8 267 28 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.3 1.77 11 500 5947 -9.2 -22.9 32 13.7 -13.2 268 29 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.0 1.21 12 450 6752 -15.2 -34.7 17 19.5 -19.0 280 29 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.45 13 400 7630 -20.9 -34.9 27 14.0 -23.4 286 27 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.49 14 350 8601 -28.5 -41.1 29 12.6 -30.0 289 28 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.30 15 300 9685 -37.0 -50.4 24 13.3 -37.9 294 29 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 16 250 10921 -46.3 -61.5 16 15.2 -46.8 296 31 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.04 17 200 12368 -55.7 -67.6 21 11.9 -55.9 292 42 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 14173 -60.8 -75.5 13 14.7 -61.0 293 32 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16682 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 242 17 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.26 m Freezing level: 568.35 mb = 4944.62 m = 16222.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.63 mb = 4132.89 m = 13559.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.33 % Est. max temperature: 36.45 C = 97.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.22 mb = 1404.94 m = 4609.31 ft T: 22.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.15 C/km ThetaE index: 47.02 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1508.28 m = 4948.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -11.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -10.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 29.72 C K Index: 25.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 521.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5055.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 100.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.81 mb = 1490.79 m = 4890.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.81 mb = 3456.97 m = 11341.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.81 mb = 14564.42 m = 47782.94 ft B at Equ Level: 4992.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.96 Bulk Rich Number: 54.06 Bulk Shear: 93.52 m/s