MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.67,-97.28 Latitude: 43.67 Longitude: -97.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 964 472 19.6 16.3 81 3.3 17.4 160 12 295.8 298.0 291.9 330.8 12.15 2 950 596 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 16.9 165 21 296.5 298.7 292.0 331.0 11.97 3 900 1061 17.8 14.4 81 3.4 15.5 189 35 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.6 11.53 4 850 1549 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.7 214 33 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.7 11.31 5 800 2060 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 227 21 304.9 307.1 294.2 339.5 11.55 6 750 2602 10.4 10.0 97 0.4 10.1 227 12 307.8 309.8 294.1 339.1 10.32 7 700 3173 6.9 4.9 87 2.0 5.7 213 16 310.1 311.6 292.8 334.0 7.77 8 650 3780 3.8 0.5 79 3.3 2.0 218 14 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.4 6.11 9 600 4426 -0.4 -7.2 60 6.8 -3.5 232 13 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.6 3.71 10 550 5114 -6.3 -16.0 46 9.6 -9.7 247 17 316.5 316.9 289.7 323.2 2.00 11 500 5850 -11.9 -25.0 33 13.2 -15.3 255 17 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.0 1.00 12 450 6650 -16.2 -30.3 28 14.1 -19.2 259 8 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.3 0.68 13 400 7526 -22.0 -37.1 24 15.0 -24.4 249 10 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.40 14 350 8494 -28.6 -51.9 9 23.3 -30.6 187 12 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 15 300 9578 -37.2 -49.1 28 11.9 -38.1 192 9 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.15 16 250 10811 -47.3 -60.4 21 13.0 -47.7 273 10 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.04 17 200 12259 -52.8 -66.0 19 13.2 -53.1 334 14 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14115 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 297 30 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16661 -62.4 -89.0 2 26.6 -62.7 319 25 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.26 m Freezing level: 604.49 mb = 4367.99 m = 14330.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.74 mb = 4009.88 m = 13155.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.78 mb = 892.93 m = 2929.53 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 17.43 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.31 mb = 2109.78 m = 6921.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.36 mb = 1327.20 m = 4354.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.36 mb = 4868.28 m = 15971.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.36 mb = 8142.70 m = 26714.57 ft B at Equ Level: 135.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.36 mb = 10614.83 m = 34825.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.3 neg: -14.7 tot: 246.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 3.35 Bulk Shear: 40.98 m/s