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: 42.88,-96.22 Latitude: 42.88 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 969 412 29.9 24.9 75 5.0 26.2 120 12 305.8 309.7 300.4 368.8 20.91 2 950 585 27.8 23.3 77 4.5 24.5 122 16 305.4 309.0 299.4 363.3 19.32 3 900 1063 23.2 22.1 94 1.0 22.4 130 18 305.4 308.9 299.1 362.3 18.97 4 850 1561 20.4 18.9 91 1.5 19.4 171 20 307.5 310.6 298.1 357.0 16.40 5 800 2084 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.6 196 24 309.6 312.3 297.5 354.3 14.71 6 750 2633 13.7 11.4 86 2.3 12.2 212 24 311.5 313.6 295.8 346.4 11.39 7 700 3213 12.0 2.7 53 9.3 6.6 253 21 315.7 317.0 293.5 336.7 6.63 8 650 3829 8.2 -10.4 26 18.6 -0.0 266 25 318.2 318.8 290.9 327.0 2.67 9 600 4483 2.4 -6.1 54 8.5 -1.6 270 28 318.9 319.7 292.3 332.1 4.06 10 550 5178 -3.6 -10.0 61 6.4 -6.3 273 32 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.6 3.26 11 500 5922 -10.3 -13.3 79 2.9 -11.5 272 34 320.4 321.0 291.6 329.6 2.75 12 450 6724 -15.7 -27.3 36 11.6 -18.4 275 36 323.5 323.7 290.8 326.7 0.91 13 400 7601 -21.7 -32.0 39 10.3 -23.7 281 35 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.65 14 350 8572 -27.8 -45.6 17 17.8 -29.7 280 29 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.18 15 300 9660 -36.6 -52.1 18 15.6 -37.6 274 29 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 16 250 10895 -47.0 -57.4 30 10.3 -47.4 279 29 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12336 -56.9 -65.1 35 8.2 -57.1 284 26 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 14139 -60.3 -76.5 10 16.2 -60.4 276 26 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16678 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.0 245 12 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.41 m Freezing level: 579.94 mb = 4761.87 m = 15622.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.29 mb = 3825.43 m = 12550.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.43 mb = 1049.12 m = 3441.97 ft T: 23.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 41.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1324.31 m = 4344.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -11.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -9.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.73 C Cross Totals Index: 29.26 C K Index: 40.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 667.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4705.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 97.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.45 mb = 1215.12 m = 3986.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.45 mb = 1465.09 m = 4806.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.45 mb = 14162.02 m = 46462.76 ft B at Equ Level: 4654.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.29 Bulk Rich Number: 27.15 Bulk Shear: 173.32 m/s