MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.34,-97.84 Latitude: 41.34 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 957 502 27.1 21.4 71 5.8 23.0 152 12 304.1 307.2 297.7 354.7 17.00 2 950 567 27.4 20.7 67 6.7 22.6 154 17 305.0 308.1 297.5 354.1 16.42 3 900 1045 24.3 17.9 67 6.4 19.8 162 30 306.6 309.3 296.7 350.1 14.49 4 850 1542 19.6 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 169 32 306.7 309.4 296.6 349.8 14.33 5 800 2062 15.1 14.2 94 0.9 14.6 185 32 307.3 309.7 295.8 346.1 12.87 6 750 2608 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 225 26 310.9 313.3 296.6 349.8 12.71 7 700 3189 11.5 9.4 87 2.1 10.2 242 26 315.3 317.3 296.3 348.5 10.65 8 650 3807 8.7 1.6 61 7.0 4.6 270 19 318.8 320.1 294.3 340.0 6.65 9 600 4464 4.0 -6.8 45 10.8 -1.2 271 18 320.7 321.5 292.6 333.3 3.83 10 550 5163 -1.3 -21.2 20 19.9 -7.9 283 23 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.0 1.28 11 500 5914 -7.1 -22.1 29 14.9 -11.8 303 27 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.9 1.31 12 450 6725 -13.6 -30.4 23 16.9 -17.4 301 25 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.7 0.68 13 400 7608 -20.4 -25.7 63 5.3 -21.7 292 27 328.4 328.7 292.4 332.6 1.18 14 350 8580 -28.3 -36.2 47 7.9 -29.5 288 28 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.4 0.50 15 300 9665 -37.2 -50.9 23 13.7 -38.1 293 29 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10901 -45.8 -58.8 22 13.0 -46.3 298 37 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12355 -53.8 -67.6 17 13.8 -54.1 293 38 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14179 -58.1 -78.8 5 20.7 -58.4 278 26 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16697 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 229 14 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.50 m Freezing level: 562.25 mb = 4992.02 m = 16377.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.93 mb = 4329.37 m = 14203.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.35 mb = 1236.90 m = 4058.01 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 22.76 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1836.85 m = 6026.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 41.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2093.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.88 mb = 1716.71 m = 5632.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.88 mb = 1977.86 m = 6488.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.88 mb = 2860.25 m = 9383.90 ft B at Equ Level: 20.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.88 mb = 16225.48 m = 53232.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 346.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.06 Bulk Rich Number: 16.78 Bulk Shear: 124.77 m/s