MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-98.94 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -98.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 565 SFC 937 693 30.2 24.4 71 5.8 25.7 122 8 309.1 313.0 301.1 372.9 20.93 3 900 1048 26.9 23.0 80 3.8 24.0 126 11 309.2 313.0 300.7 370.4 20.07 4 850 1552 22.3 22.1 99 0.1 22.2 133 11 309.5 313.3 300.7 370.9 20.11 5 800 2078 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 199 11 311.2 314.1 298.4 358.2 15.35 6 750 2631 16.9 10.4 66 6.4 12.7 248 21 314.9 316.9 296.2 348.1 10.66 7 700 3217 14.6 -6.0 23 20.6 4.3 277 19 318.7 319.3 291.7 330.0 3.48 8 650 3837 9.4 -10.8 23 20.2 0.4 273 21 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.2 2.58 9 600 4493 3.6 -15.3 24 18.8 -3.8 267 25 320.2 320.6 290.8 326.8 1.94 10 550 5190 -2.6 -17.7 30 15.2 -7.9 269 30 321.1 321.4 290.8 326.9 1.72 11 500 5936 -8.6 -27.9 19 19.3 -13.5 271 28 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.3 0.77 12 450 6744 -14.1 -28.1 30 14.0 -17.5 281 26 325.5 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.84 13 400 7624 -21.1 -32.6 35 11.5 -23.2 287 32 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.8 0.62 14 350 8596 -28.3 -43.9 21 15.6 -30.0 291 35 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.22 15 300 9682 -36.8 -51.6 20 14.7 -37.8 294 36 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.11 16 250 10917 -46.6 -59.2 23 12.6 -47.0 295 35 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 17 200 12360 -56.2 -65.8 29 9.6 -56.3 299 39 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14165 -60.4 -74.6 14 14.1 -60.6 299 33 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16677 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 277 13 412.9 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.49 m Freezing level: 570.87 mb = 4898.80 m = 16071.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.97 mb = 3900.83 m = 12797.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.20 C = 91.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.51 mb = 1433.35 m = 4702.53 ft T: 23.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 44.10 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1569.81 m = 5150.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -12.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -18.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -12.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 30.69 C K Index: 32.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -8.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5863.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 108.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.29 mb = 1538.43 m = 5047.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.29 mb = 1692.94 m = 5554.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 136.29 mb = 14758.41 m = 48419.39 ft B at Equ Level: 5791.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.81 Bulk Rich Number: 52.01 Bulk Shear: 112.73 m/s