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: 41.18,-96.28 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 973 352 20.6 19.1 91 1.5 19.5 141 13 296.0 298.7 293.7 337.6 14.43 2 950 558 18.7 18.2 97 0.6 18.4 144 21 296.2 298.7 293.4 336.4 13.96 3 900 1023 17.5 16.1 91 1.5 16.6 177 29 299.6 301.9 293.6 337.2 12.88 4 850 1511 15.0 14.3 96 0.7 14.6 205 23 301.9 304.1 293.8 337.8 12.17 5 800 2023 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 224 20 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.4 11.12 6 750 2563 9.5 9.4 99 0.1 9.5 236 20 306.9 308.8 293.5 336.8 9.91 7 700 3133 6.4 6.3 99 0.2 6.3 244 20 309.6 311.2 293.3 335.9 8.57 8 650 3738 2.9 2.6 98 0.3 2.7 264 20 312.3 313.6 292.9 334.4 7.13 9 600 4383 -0.9 -1.9 93 1.0 -1.4 273 22 315.0 316.1 292.4 332.6 5.55 10 550 5073 -4.8 -9.1 72 4.3 -6.7 281 26 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.8 3.50 11 500 5816 -9.6 -16.0 59 6.4 -11.8 277 29 321.4 321.8 291.4 328.8 2.20 12 450 6622 -15.2 -20.7 62 5.6 -16.8 274 28 324.2 324.5 291.6 329.8 1.63 13 400 7498 -22.0 -36.5 26 14.5 -24.4 269 28 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.42 14 350 8467 -28.2 -55.3 6 27.0 -30.4 262 38 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.06 15 300 9556 -35.2 -59.9 6 24.7 -36.6 264 49 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.04 16 250 10808 -42.1 -64.8 7 22.8 -42.9 271 72 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 17 200 12287 -51.0 -72.2 6 21.2 -51.4 272 81 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14121 -58.7 -81.1 4 22.4 -59.0 284 55 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16615 -65.4 -86.2 4 20.8 -65.5 312 25 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.19 m Freezing level: 612.19 mb = 4225.85 m = 13864.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.25 mb = 4154.72 m = 13630.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.86 mb = 541.40 m = 1776.22 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1282.35 m = 4207.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.31 C = 77.57 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 365.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.44 mb = 952.12 m = 3123.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.44 mb = 2646.46 m = 8682.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.44 mb = 9269.31 m = 30410.76 ft B at Equ Level: 364.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.44 mb = 11581.88 m = 37997.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.4 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 277.4 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 2.59 Bulk Shear: 140.76 m/s