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: 42.18,-99.08 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -99.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 564 SFC 935 711 29.7 24.3 73 5.4 25.6 104 7 308.7 312.7 300.9 372.2 20.83 3 900 1048 26.8 22.9 79 3.9 23.9 111 11 309.1 312.8 300.5 369.6 19.86 4 850 1551 22.3 22.1 99 0.2 22.2 120 12 309.5 313.3 300.7 370.8 20.06 5 800 2078 18.7 18.2 97 0.5 18.4 172 10 311.1 314.2 299.1 362.1 16.66 6 750 2631 15.9 11.8 77 4.1 13.1 245 20 313.8 316.0 296.6 349.9 11.64 7 700 3216 14.2 -1.8 33 16.0 5.6 278 19 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.7 4.80 8 650 3835 9.3 -10.7 23 20.0 0.4 271 21 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.1 2.60 9 600 4490 3.4 -15.0 25 18.4 -3.8 265 25 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.99 10 550 5187 -2.5 -23.1 19 20.5 -8.9 267 29 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.09 11 500 5934 -8.4 -27.5 20 19.1 -13.4 270 27 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.6 0.80 12 450 6742 -14.3 -24.3 42 10.1 -17.0 282 27 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.5 1.19 13 400 7622 -21.1 -33.0 34 11.9 -23.4 286 33 327.5 327.7 291.6 329.7 0.59 14 350 8593 -28.3 -43.4 22 15.2 -30.0 290 36 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.23 15 300 9679 -36.8 -51.6 20 14.7 -37.8 293 36 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.11 16 250 10915 -46.6 -58.8 24 12.2 -47.0 295 33 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.06 17 200 12358 -56.2 -65.6 30 9.4 -56.4 298 38 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14162 -60.5 -74.2 15 13.7 -60.7 298 34 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16676 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 283 13 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.37 m Freezing level: 571.45 mb = 4888.29 m = 16037.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.60 mb = 3890.82 m = 12764.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.51 mb = 1402.11 m = 4600.03 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 45.92 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1591.21 m = 5220.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -11.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -18.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -11.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.69 C Cross Totals Index: 30.49 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -8.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5815.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 107.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.96 mb = 1541.22 m = 5056.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.96 mb = 1695.97 m = 5564.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 135.96 mb = 14771.55 m = 48462.49 ft B at Equ Level: 5736.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 196.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.70 Bulk Rich Number: 49.39 Bulk Shear: 117.75 m/s