MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.78,-98.58 Latitude: 43.78 Longitude: -98.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 959 481 29.1 20.1 59 8.9 22.6 156 9 305.9 308.8 297.3 352.9 15.66 2 950 559 26.7 19.2 63 7.6 21.3 157 9 304.3 307.1 296.3 348.6 14.88 3 900 1034 21.8 18.1 79 3.7 19.2 161 10 303.9 306.7 296.1 347.5 14.64 4 850 1527 17.4 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 184 10 304.3 306.8 295.4 344.5 13.49 5 800 2043 13.9 10.1 78 3.8 11.5 202 7 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.3 9.74 6 750 2585 11.0 1.8 53 9.2 6.0 242 6 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.4 5.82 7 700 3157 7.8 -5.0 40 12.8 1.7 264 8 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.9 3.75 8 650 3763 4.3 -18.2 18 22.5 -3.7 302 11 313.9 314.1 288.3 318.6 1.40 9 600 4410 0.9 -30.4 8 31.2 -7.4 318 17 317.1 317.2 288.4 318.9 0.51 10 550 5100 -4.3 -23.2 21 18.8 -10.0 306 16 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.08 11 500 5844 -9.0 -30.6 16 21.6 -14.2 291 15 322.0 322.2 290.0 324.2 0.60 12 450 6649 -15.2 -37.7 13 22.5 -19.2 296 17 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.33 13 400 7526 -21.7 -39.5 19 17.7 -24.4 307 20 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.31 14 350 8494 -29.3 -42.1 28 12.9 -30.7 307 22 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.27 15 300 9575 -38.4 -48.3 35 9.9 -39.1 295 21 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 16 250 10803 -47.3 -57.2 31 9.8 -47.7 303 31 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12256 -51.5 -67.9 13 16.3 -51.9 305 28 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14112 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 294 24 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16667 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 287 4 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.85 m Freezing level: 591.64 mb = 4525.39 m = 14846.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.43 mb = 3340.61 m = 10959.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.05 mb = 1607.11 m = 5272.60 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 34.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1588.03 m = 5210.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 29.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2063.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.19 mb = 1545.39 m = 5070.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.19 mb = 1697.19 m = 5568.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.19 mb = 12153.33 m = 39872.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2035.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.19 mb = 15352.87 m = 50369.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 311.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 45.35 Bulk Shear: 45.51 m/s