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: 42.75,-98 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 963 449 30.9 25.0 71 5.9 26.4 129 5 307.3 311.3 300.8 371.1 21.07 2 950 570 30.0 24.1 70 6.0 25.5 133 8 307.7 311.5 300.4 369.0 20.24 3 900 1052 25.4 23.2 88 2.2 23.8 140 11 307.7 311.5 300.4 369.1 20.27 4 850 1554 21.5 21.1 98 0.4 21.3 158 14 308.7 312.3 299.8 366.1 18.89 5 800 2078 17.8 15.8 88 2.0 16.4 211 16 310.1 312.8 297.4 353.6 14.26 6 750 2628 15.0 9.5 69 5.6 11.5 259 20 312.9 314.8 295.2 343.8 9.98 7 700 3211 12.9 -0.4 40 13.3 5.6 269 20 316.8 317.8 292.7 333.8 5.33 8 650 3828 8.2 -4.0 42 12.2 2.0 271 20 318.2 319.0 292.3 332.3 4.37 9 600 4482 3.0 -11.0 35 14.0 -3.0 264 23 319.6 320.2 291.4 328.8 2.76 10 550 5179 -3.1 -14.9 40 11.8 -7.5 257 26 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.8 2.19 11 500 5924 -8.9 -23.0 31 14.1 -13.0 265 28 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.3 1.20 12 450 6730 -15.0 -21.1 59 6.1 -16.8 280 30 324.4 324.7 291.7 329.8 1.57 13 400 7609 -21.0 -34.7 28 13.7 -23.5 285 34 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.50 14 350 8582 -27.8 -43.1 22 15.2 -29.6 291 31 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.24 15 300 9671 -36.4 -50.3 22 13.9 -37.4 298 28 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.13 16 250 10908 -46.5 -60.8 18 14.3 -47.0 299 26 336.9 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.04 17 200 12349 -56.9 -65.9 31 9.0 -57.1 302 27 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14153 -59.8 -75.6 11 15.8 -60.0 295 29 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16678 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.7 254 11 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.74 m Freezing level: 575.04 mb = 4830.06 m = 15846.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.98 mb = 4083.67 m = 13397.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.52 mb = 1204.22 m = 3950.81 ft T: 24.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 42.79 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.45 mb = 1446.34 m = 4745.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -11.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -17.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -11.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.46 C Cross Totals Index: 30.05 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 539.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5650.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 106.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.31 mb = 1356.42 m = 4450.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.31 mb = 1509.16 m = 4951.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.31 mb = 14393.71 m = 47222.88 ft B at Equ Level: 5619.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.53 Bulk Rich Number: 65.15 Bulk Shear: 86.73 m/s