MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.37,-99.09 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -99.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 565 SFC 937 685 27.4 21.9 72 5.6 23.3 152 10 306.2 309.5 298.7 359.9 17.88 3 900 1041 22.3 20.2 88 2.1 20.8 154 11 304.5 307.6 297.6 354.6 16.79 4 850 1537 20.0 14.4 70 5.6 16.2 164 5 307.1 309.4 295.3 343.9 12.20 5 800 2057 17.3 7.4 52 9.9 11.2 214 9 309.6 311.1 292.9 334.4 8.10 6 750 2605 13.3 5.7 60 7.6 8.8 248 7 311.0 312.5 293.0 334.7 7.67 7 700 3181 9.0 1.2 58 7.9 4.7 265 15 312.5 313.6 292.0 331.2 5.96 8 650 3790 4.8 -5.5 47 10.3 -0.1 286 20 314.4 315.1 290.8 326.9 3.90 9 600 4437 0.6 -10.4 43 11.0 -4.1 323 26 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.2 2.88 10 550 5127 -5.8 -9.9 73 4.1 -7.5 329 32 317.2 317.8 291.1 327.9 3.28 11 500 5867 -10.3 -18.8 50 8.5 -13.0 325 28 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.4 1.74 12 450 6671 -15.6 -31.4 24 15.8 -19.0 318 26 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.61 13 400 7547 -21.9 -36.3 26 14.4 -24.3 311 25 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.43 14 350 8516 -28.4 -40.4 31 12.0 -29.9 315 23 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 15 300 9602 -37.4 -47.8 33 10.4 -38.2 317 26 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.17 16 250 10834 -46.2 -59.2 22 12.9 -46.7 315 29 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12297 -50.7 -69.3 9 18.7 -51.1 293 38 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 14157 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 280 20 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16691 -63.0 -89.8 2 26.7 -63.3 242 6 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.06 m Freezing level: 595.35 mb = 4501.60 m = 14768.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.01 mb = 3777.40 m = 12392.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.71 mb = 1387.64 m = 4552.58 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.51 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.43 mb = 2159.40 m = 7084.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -7.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2526.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.03 mb = 1678.91 m = 5508.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.03 mb = 2593.19 m = 8507.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.03 mb = 12263.50 m = 40234.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2511.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.03 mb = 16037.41 m = 52615.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 22.76 Bulk Shear: 110.99 m/s