MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.58,-98.95 Latitude: 43.58 Longitude: -98.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 955 504 29.2 20.3 59 8.9 22.8 152 15 306.4 309.3 297.5 354.2 15.91 2 950 552 28.3 20.1 61 8.1 22.4 152 17 305.9 308.8 297.4 353.3 15.82 3 900 1029 23.4 19.0 76 4.4 20.3 155 21 305.6 308.5 297.1 352.1 15.54 4 850 1525 18.9 17.9 94 0.9 18.2 163 21 305.9 308.8 297.1 352.1 15.39 5 800 2044 15.7 11.0 74 4.7 12.7 204 11 307.9 309.8 294.1 339.3 10.36 6 750 2590 12.9 3.8 54 9.1 7.7 262 8 310.6 311.9 292.1 331.4 6.73 7 700 3165 8.7 -3.3 43 12.0 2.7 297 11 312.1 312.9 290.5 325.6 4.29 8 650 3774 5.2 -17.1 18 22.3 -3.0 315 18 314.8 315.1 288.7 319.9 1.54 9 600 4421 0.4 -16.1 28 16.5 -5.7 318 23 316.6 316.9 289.6 322.7 1.81 10 550 5111 -4.1 -27.1 15 23.1 -10.4 311 20 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.9 0.75 11 500 5856 -8.7 -33.0 12 24.3 -14.2 313 23 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.47 12 450 6662 -15.0 -30.3 26 15.3 -18.4 312 29 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.68 13 400 7540 -21.9 -31.8 40 10.0 -23.8 307 30 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.67 14 350 8507 -29.4 -42.8 26 13.4 -30.9 312 31 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 15 300 9589 -38.1 -48.1 34 10.0 -38.9 316 38 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 16 250 10817 -46.9 -56.4 33 9.5 -47.3 305 40 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.07 17 200 12271 -52.7 -68.3 13 15.6 -53.0 303 37 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14123 -54.0 -80.1 3 26.1 -54.5 273 22 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16679 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 258 4 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.82 m Freezing level: 595.40 mb = 4484.45 m = 14712.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.36 mb = 3447.28 m = 11309.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.77 mb = 1629.16 m = 5344.94 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 34.22 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1690.30 m = 5545.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.68 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2818.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.07 mb = 1595.51 m = 5234.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.07 mb = 1853.19 m = 6079.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.07 mb = 12667.07 m = 41558.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2790.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.07 mb = 16189.78 m = 53115.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.2 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 323.2 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.2 neg: -0.5 tot: 124.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.97 Bulk Rich Number: 18.03 Bulk Shear: 156.37 m/s