MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.58,-98.77 Latitude: 43.58 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 957 497 27.8 21.2 68 6.5 23.0 127 12 304.8 307.9 297.7 355.0 16.84 2 950 558 26.8 20.8 70 6.0 22.5 127 14 304.4 307.5 297.4 353.7 16.53 3 900 1034 22.0 19.8 87 2.3 20.5 137 17 304.2 307.3 297.3 352.9 16.34 4 850 1528 18.3 16.8 91 1.5 17.3 165 11 305.3 308.0 296.2 348.1 14.31 5 800 2046 15.3 10.1 71 5.2 12.0 308 5 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.0 9.75 6 750 2591 12.1 4.6 60 7.4 7.8 317 13 309.7 311.0 292.2 331.6 7.12 7 700 3166 8.8 1.1 59 7.6 4.6 323 23 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.8 5.95 8 650 3775 4.7 -0.7 68 5.4 1.8 311 29 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.0 5.60 9 600 4422 -0.5 -5.4 70 4.9 -2.9 315 31 315.5 316.3 291.5 329.2 4.27 10 550 5110 -5.5 -11.5 63 6.0 -7.9 309 29 317.5 318.1 290.8 326.9 2.87 11 500 5851 -9.6 -18.0 50 8.4 -12.4 304 26 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.85 12 450 6656 -15.5 -30.7 26 15.2 -18.8 307 27 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.1 0.66 13 400 7531 -22.7 -32.7 40 10.0 -24.5 304 23 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.61 14 350 8496 -29.3 -47.8 15 18.5 -31.1 295 23 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 15 300 9577 -38.4 -50.9 26 12.5 -39.2 304 25 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10805 -47.4 -58.9 26 11.5 -47.8 304 29 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12258 -51.3 -69.5 10 18.1 -51.7 293 33 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14119 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 280 21 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16673 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 271 5 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.19 m Freezing level: 605.07 mb = 4356.11 m = 14291.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.41 mb = 4021.94 m = 13195.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.18 mb = 1325.37 m = 4348.26 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 24.25 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1482.82 m = 4864.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.94 C Cross Totals Index: 26.44 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2935.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.57 mb = 1391.34 m = 4564.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.57 mb = 1644.11 m = 5393.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.57 mb = 12304.66 m = 40369.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2930.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.4 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 339.4 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.6 neg: -13.4 tot: 147.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.60 Bulk Rich Number: 16.16 Bulk Shear: 181.69 m/s