MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.9,-98.86 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 951 519 31.1 21.6 57 9.5 24.1 181 16 308.7 311.9 299.0 361.4 17.37 2 950 529 30.6 21.3 57 9.4 23.8 181 16 308.3 311.5 298.7 359.8 17.01 3 900 1010 25.7 20.2 72 5.5 21.7 184 25 308.0 311.1 298.4 358.7 16.78 4 850 1511 20.8 19.2 91 1.6 19.6 185 25 307.9 311.1 298.4 358.4 16.69 5 800 2034 17.6 17.5 99 0.2 17.5 209 33 309.9 312.9 298.4 358.4 15.89 6 750 2584 14.1 13.6 97 0.5 13.7 219 37 311.8 314.3 297.1 352.2 13.15 7 700 3165 10.8 8.2 84 2.6 9.2 225 33 314.4 316.3 295.5 345.0 9.83 8 650 3780 7.3 0.9 64 6.4 3.7 239 27 317.2 318.4 293.6 337.2 6.28 9 600 4433 2.8 -11.2 35 14.0 -3.1 246 25 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.4 2.72 10 550 5129 -3.3 -12.3 50 8.9 -7.0 249 28 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.1 2.71 11 500 5873 -9.5 -24.5 28 15.0 -13.6 250 31 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.1 1.05 12 450 6679 -14.7 -35.8 15 21.2 -18.7 261 31 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.40 13 400 7559 -20.3 -39.9 16 19.6 -23.3 267 30 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.30 14 350 8534 -27.7 -39.3 32 11.5 -29.3 266 27 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.7 0.36 15 300 9620 -37.0 -50.3 24 13.3 -37.9 238 24 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 16 250 10854 -47.1 -57.9 28 10.8 -47.5 204 37 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 17 200 12295 -56.2 -65.2 31 9.0 -56.3 225 29 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14128 -54.5 -80.5 3 26.0 -54.9 221 26 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16686 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 201 12 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.34 m Freezing level: 576.99 mb = 4753.37 m = 15594.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.93 mb = 4126.93 m = 13539.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.55 mb = 1720.83 m = 5645.70 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 32.98 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1856.62 m = 6091.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -9.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -9.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.29 C Cross Totals Index: 28.69 C K Index: 46.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 650.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3777.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.78 mb = 1708.03 m = 5603.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.78 mb = 2078.91 m = 6820.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.78 mb = 13490.38 m = 44259.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3715.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.67 Bulk Rich Number: 66.17 Bulk Shear: 57.09 m/s