MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.72,-96.83 Latitude: 42.72 Longitude: -96.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 972 378 31.1 24.7 69 6.4 26.3 125 9 306.8 310.6 300.4 368.9 20.58 2 950 581 28.3 23.1 73 5.2 24.4 127 11 305.9 309.4 299.3 363.0 19.00 3 900 1059 23.6 21.9 90 1.7 22.3 131 12 305.8 309.3 299.1 361.9 18.69 4 850 1557 20.7 17.8 84 2.9 18.7 170 18 307.8 310.7 297.5 354.0 15.28 5 800 2081 18.2 16.0 87 2.2 16.7 194 24 310.5 313.2 297.6 354.6 14.45 6 750 2632 15.0 9.9 72 5.1 11.7 213 24 312.8 314.8 295.4 344.6 10.27 7 700 3214 13.5 -10.0 19 23.5 2.7 251 21 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.8 2.55 8 650 3832 8.3 -3.0 45 11.4 2.4 264 23 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.6 4.71 9 600 4486 2.5 -5.1 57 7.6 -1.2 267 27 319.0 319.9 292.6 333.2 4.36 10 550 5182 -3.3 -12.8 48 9.6 -7.1 268 30 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.8 2.59 11 500 5926 -10.2 -14.3 72 4.1 -11.7 267 31 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.0 2.52 12 450 6728 -15.7 -27.5 36 11.8 -18.5 272 34 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.6 0.89 13 400 7605 -21.8 -33.0 36 11.2 -23.8 283 34 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.59 14 350 8576 -28.3 -45.8 17 17.5 -30.2 284 30 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.18 15 300 9663 -36.7 -53.2 16 16.5 -37.8 278 30 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.09 16 250 10897 -46.9 -57.7 28 10.8 -47.3 283 31 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12338 -56.7 -65.1 34 8.4 -56.9 287 30 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14145 -60.0 -76.2 10 16.1 -60.2 284 27 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16677 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 247 15 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.77 m Freezing level: 578.14 mb = 4790.57 m = 15716.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4262.21 m = 13983.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.53 mb = 1190.29 m = 3905.11 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 28.84 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1469.42 m = 4820.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.23 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -11.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -8.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 28.01 C K Index: 25.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 628.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4552.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.53 mb = 1299.14 m = 4262.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.53 mb = 1757.30 m = 5765.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.53 mb = 14122.70 m = 46333.75 ft B at Equ Level: 4501.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 249.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.81 Bulk Rich Number: 38.80 Bulk Shear: 117.32 m/s