MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 40.66,-99.65 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 573 SFC 932 741 25.2 20.4 75 4.9 21.7 164 9 304.4 307.5 297.3 353.2 16.36 3 900 1045 20.6 18.0 85 2.6 18.8 176 11 302.8 305.4 295.7 346.0 14.60 4 850 1537 17.8 11.5 66 6.3 13.7 207 17 304.8 306.7 293.0 334.9 10.06 5 800 2054 15.6 6.6 55 8.9 10.2 214 14 307.7 309.2 292.0 331.1 7.68 6 750 2599 12.6 3.8 55 8.8 7.6 269 5 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.1 6.73 7 700 3174 8.5 -0.2 54 8.7 3.9 334 8 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.7 5.39 8 650 3781 4.0 -6.3 47 10.3 -0.8 349 16 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.1 3.66 9 600 4425 -1.3 -8.2 60 6.8 -4.3 349 20 314.6 315.2 290.5 325.6 3.44 10 550 5111 -6.6 -18.1 39 11.6 -10.4 321 18 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.8 1.66 11 500 5847 -11.9 -22.1 42 10.2 -14.7 310 14 318.6 318.8 289.7 323.0 1.30 12 450 6646 -16.9 -22.1 64 5.2 -18.3 307 11 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.45 13 400 7520 -22.3 -26.9 66 4.6 -23.4 274 14 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.7 1.05 14 350 8486 -29.6 -33.2 71 3.6 -30.2 282 7 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.2 0.66 15 300 9566 -38.4 -42.0 69 3.6 -38.8 160 3 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.4 0.32 16 250 10790 -48.4 -55.2 45 6.8 -48.7 107 7 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12259 -46.1 -74.9 2 28.8 -46.9 292 19 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 14152 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 284 37 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16689 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -65.9 290 22 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.01 m Freezing level: 612.61 mb = 4262.52 m = 13984.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.54 mb = 3674.08 m = 12053.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.36 mb = 1353.10 m = 4439.23 ft T: 18.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 28.07 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2452.66 m = 8046.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -5.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1473.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.72 mb = 1784.08 m = 5853.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.72 mb = 3283.01 m = 10770.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.72 mb = 11318.11 m = 37132.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1458.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.72 mb = 14120.31 m = 46325.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -156.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.2 neg: -6.3 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 21.79 Bulk Shear: 67.63 m/s