MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 41.05,-96.81 Latitude: 41.05 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 965 418 23.0 21.4 91 1.6 21.9 148 9 299.2 302.2 296.3 348.4 16.85 2 950 551 22.5 20.3 87 2.2 20.9 154 16 300.0 302.9 295.9 346.6 15.94 3 900 1020 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.4 184 22 301.0 303.7 295.4 344.4 14.78 4 850 1510 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 204 22 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.8 13.24 5 800 2023 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.6 234 21 304.7 306.8 294.1 339.1 11.52 6 750 2563 9.7 9.5 98 0.2 9.6 253 19 307.1 309.0 293.6 337.2 9.97 7 700 3134 6.5 5.8 95 0.7 6.1 252 21 309.7 311.3 293.1 335.1 8.29 8 650 3740 3.5 0.6 81 2.9 1.9 268 23 312.9 314.1 292.3 332.1 6.15 9 600 4385 -0.7 -5.9 67 5.3 -3.1 275 23 315.3 316.1 291.3 328.5 4.09 10 550 5075 -4.8 -13.6 50 8.7 -8.2 281 25 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.4 2.44 11 500 5817 -9.4 -16.8 55 7.4 -12.0 276 30 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.5 2.05 12 450 6624 -15.2 -22.3 55 7.1 -17.2 272 30 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.1 1.42 13 400 7501 -21.9 -33.8 33 12.0 -24.0 272 31 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.55 14 350 8469 -28.4 -55.9 5 27.6 -30.5 261 40 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.06 15 300 9559 -35.0 -60.1 6 25.2 -36.4 265 53 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.04 16 250 10812 -41.8 -64.6 7 22.8 -42.7 270 76 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 17 200 12292 -50.9 -71.9 6 21.0 -51.3 270 81 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14127 -58.9 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.1 280 53 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16619 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 311 22 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.04 m Freezing level: 608.02 mb = 4281.94 m = 14048.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.20 mb = 3976.65 m = 13046.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.15 mb = 613.68 m = 2013.35 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 21.94 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1090.98 m = 3579.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.97 C = 76.95 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 40.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1389.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.93 mb = 1030.28 m = 3380.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.93 mb = 1174.41 m = 3853.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.93 mb = 10975.09 m = 36007.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1380.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.93 mb = 14823.53 m = 48633.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.85 Bulk Rich Number: 13.04 Bulk Shear: 106.51 m/s