MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.54,-98.15 Latitude: 40.54 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 955 552 17.5 16.5 94 0.9 16.9 65 4 294.5 296.8 291.8 330.3 12.49 2 950 593 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 66 5 294.4 296.6 291.7 329.9 12.43 3 900 1054 15.5 15.4 100 0.1 15.5 70 12 297.5 299.7 292.6 333.3 12.35 4 850 1540 15.0 14.8 99 0.2 14.9 107 10 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.9 12.55 5 800 2053 11.9 11.6 98 0.4 11.7 104 9 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.0 10.78 6 750 2591 9.3 6.9 84 2.5 7.9 69 8 306.7 308.3 292.2 331.9 8.32 7 700 3163 9.0 -2.8 43 11.8 3.0 46 7 312.5 313.3 290.7 326.5 4.44 8 650 3773 5.9 -12.6 25 18.5 -1.7 88 5 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.9 2.23 9 600 4422 2.0 -29.4 8 31.4 -6.7 101 5 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.4 0.56 10 550 5117 -2.7 -45.9 2 43.2 -10.6 50 3 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.3 0.11 11 500 5863 -7.8 -30.8 14 23.0 -13.4 351 5 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.59 12 450 6675 -12.8 -19.4 58 6.6 -14.9 328 13 327.2 327.5 292.7 333.5 1.83 13 400 7563 -18.4 -26.2 51 7.7 -20.4 317 19 331.1 331.3 293.1 335.1 1.13 14 350 8545 -25.5 -34.8 42 9.3 -27.1 308 18 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.5 0.57 15 300 9642 -35.0 -39.5 63 4.5 -35.5 308 22 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.41 16 250 10885 -45.3 -52.4 45 7.0 -45.7 305 24 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.12 17 200 12345 -51.9 -71.5 8 19.6 -52.3 298 51 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14174 -60.5 -82.2 4 21.7 -60.7 301 55 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16647 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 324 38 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.08 m Freezing level: 578.65 mb = 4718.86 m = 15481.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.31 mb = 3544.08 m = 11627.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.51 mb = 669.89 m = 2197.79 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 1031.92 m = 3385.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.26 C = 68.47 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 25.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5695.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.24 mb = 1051.85 m = 3450.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.2 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 95.2 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -9.1 tot: 8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 145.73 Bulk Shear: 0.20 m/s