MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.14,-97.26 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -97.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 961 500 21.9 18.5 81 3.4 19.6 149 12 298.5 301.0 294.2 339.4 14.09 2 950 599 21.7 18.3 81 3.4 19.4 153 19 299.2 301.7 294.4 340.2 14.06 3 900 1071 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 18.1 182 39 303.9 306.3 295.0 343.0 13.16 4 850 1565 19.7 12.7 64 7.1 15.1 194 32 306.8 308.9 294.3 339.7 10.90 5 800 2085 15.9 14.9 94 1.0 15.2 211 22 308.1 310.6 296.3 348.7 13.42 6 750 2632 12.3 11.0 92 1.3 11.5 206 15 310.0 312.1 295.2 343.8 11.08 7 700 3208 9.3 5.2 76 4.1 6.9 199 13 312.8 314.3 293.7 337.5 7.95 8 650 3822 8.2 -2.7 46 10.9 2.5 289 9 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.7 4.81 9 600 4478 3.6 -13.9 27 17.5 -3.5 297 10 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.18 10 550 5174 -2.9 -16.6 34 13.6 -7.9 292 11 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.0 1.90 11 500 5919 -9.6 -21.1 39 11.5 -13.1 290 8 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.2 1.42 12 450 6722 -16.3 -29.7 31 13.4 -19.3 293 17 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.3 0.72 13 400 7594 -23.4 -34.8 34 11.5 -25.2 297 20 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.50 14 350 8560 -28.6 -50.0 11 21.4 -30.6 299 26 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.11 15 300 9643 -38.0 -52.1 22 14.1 -38.9 295 29 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 16 250 10870 -47.6 -57.2 32 9.6 -48.0 299 33 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.07 17 200 12316 -54.4 -66.3 22 11.9 -54.7 297 35 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14150 -57.3 -79.4 4 22.1 -57.6 276 32 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16683 -61.5 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 246 6 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.61 m Freezing level: 572.62 mb = 4859.12 m = 15941.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.25 mb = 4087.78 m = 13411.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.97 mb = 936.30 m = 3071.81 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 23.44 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2375.50 m = 7793.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.39 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1095.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.80 mb = 1597.58 m = 5241.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.80 mb = 5004.40 m = 16418.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.80 mb = 11645.81 m = 38207.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1091.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.80 mb = 14501.36 m = 47576.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.9 neg: -26.1 tot: 229.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.74 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 53.80 m/s