MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 41.41,-96.33 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -96.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 973 370 18.8 18.2 96 0.6 18.4 127 10 294.3 296.7 292.6 333.1 13.61 2 950 573 17.9 17.5 97 0.4 17.6 136 22 295.3 297.7 292.7 333.6 13.34 3 900 1039 18.9 13.5 71 5.4 15.4 184 21 301.0 303.0 292.5 333.0 10.86 4 850 1527 14.8 12.6 86 2.3 13.4 201 20 301.7 303.6 292.7 333.6 10.81 5 800 2037 11.0 10.8 98 0.2 10.9 210 20 302.9 304.7 292.6 333.1 10.19 6 750 2574 8.0 7.6 98 0.4 7.8 235 13 305.2 306.9 292.2 331.7 8.78 7 700 3141 4.8 4.6 98 0.2 4.7 247 13 307.8 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.62 8 650 3742 1.5 1.0 97 0.5 1.3 245 9 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.4 6.35 9 600 4383 -2.2 -2.8 95 0.6 -2.5 246 8 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.18 10 550 5070 -6.2 -6.5 97 0.3 -6.3 260 11 316.8 317.6 291.9 330.5 4.28 11 500 5810 -10.6 -11.7 91 1.1 -11.1 280 17 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.4 3.11 12 450 6611 -16.9 -23.4 57 6.5 -18.6 285 19 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.5 1.29 13 400 7481 -24.1 -32.9 44 8.8 -25.6 295 18 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.60 14 350 8442 -30.8 -47.9 17 17.1 -32.3 311 18 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.7 0.14 15 300 9516 -39.5 -54.7 18 15.2 -40.3 312 20 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.08 16 250 10739 -47.8 -61.3 20 13.6 -48.2 294 25 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.04 17 200 12197 -51.0 -70.1 9 19.1 -51.4 286 41 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14058 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 285 39 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16601 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 302 16 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.69 m Freezing level: 629.70 mb = 4002.28 m = 13130.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3950.19 m = 12959.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.94 mb = 448.41 m = 1471.16 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1636.02 m = 5367.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 437.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.12 mb = 1190.86 m = 3906.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.12 mb = 2151.17 m = 7057.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.12 mb = 10244.53 m = 33610.24 ft B at Equ Level: 433.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.12 mb = 12225.43 m = 40109.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 187.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 71.70 m/s