MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.56,-97.92 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 964 412 29.4 20.9 60 8.5 23.3 165 16 305.8 308.8 297.7 354.9 16.40 2 950 541 28.0 20.0 62 8.0 22.2 167 22 305.6 308.5 297.2 352.6 15.67 3 900 1018 23.4 18.9 76 4.5 20.2 173 25 305.7 308.5 297.1 352.0 15.47 4 850 1514 19.2 17.0 87 2.2 17.7 189 23 306.2 308.9 296.6 349.8 14.51 5 800 2035 16.7 11.3 70 5.4 13.2 212 10 308.9 310.9 294.6 341.0 10.56 6 750 2581 12.5 7.0 69 5.5 9.2 251 8 310.1 311.7 293.3 335.9 8.40 7 700 3156 8.0 0.8 60 7.2 4.1 297 15 311.3 312.4 291.5 329.3 5.78 8 650 3763 4.7 -9.5 35 14.2 -1.4 319 20 314.3 314.9 289.9 323.6 2.86 9 600 4411 1.0 -23.6 14 24.7 -6.6 318 18 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.6 0.95 10 550 5103 -3.9 -25.8 16 22.0 -10.1 314 18 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.4 0.85 11 500 5847 -8.7 -31.8 14 23.1 -14.0 309 16 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.4 0.53 12 450 6653 -15.1 -40.7 9 25.7 -19.3 306 17 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.24 13 400 7531 -21.5 -47.2 8 25.7 -24.6 306 18 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.14 14 350 8499 -29.2 -52.0 9 22.9 -31.1 305 20 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.09 15 300 9581 -37.7 -52.9 19 15.2 -38.7 308 18 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 16 250 10815 -46.4 -59.3 22 12.9 -46.8 317 28 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12266 -53.2 -68.2 14 15.0 -53.5 308 32 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14116 -54.6 -80.6 3 26.0 -55.0 304 24 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16671 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 328 5 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.12 m Freezing level: 589.39 mb = 4557.94 m = 14953.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.12 mb = 3599.18 m = 11808.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.75 mb = 1486.43 m = 4876.69 ft T: 19.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 34.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1905.94 m = 6253.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2687.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.92 mb = 1596.40 m = 5237.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.92 mb = 2282.69 m = 7489.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.92 mb = 12700.78 m = 41668.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2657.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.92 mb = 16248.95 m = 53309.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 307.3 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.6 neg: -8.1 tot: 116.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 20.10 Bulk Shear: 133.74 m/s