MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.66,-96.5 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 971 378 30.5 24.4 70 6.1 25.9 156 12 306.2 310.0 300.1 367.1 20.23 2 950 574 29.3 22.8 68 6.5 24.5 157 22 307.0 310.5 299.4 363.5 18.75 3 900 1054 24.9 21.5 82 3.4 22.5 163 28 307.2 310.6 299.1 362.3 18.27 4 850 1554 20.9 20.0 95 0.9 20.2 171 30 308.0 311.3 298.9 361.0 17.53 5 800 2077 17.6 15.3 87 2.3 16.0 200 29 309.9 312.5 297.0 351.9 13.80 6 750 2627 14.2 11.6 84 2.6 12.4 228 27 311.9 314.1 296.0 347.3 11.50 7 700 3209 12.7 -0.2 41 12.9 5.6 255 26 316.6 317.6 292.7 333.8 5.39 8 650 3825 8.3 -6.5 34 14.9 1.2 263 29 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.1 3.61 9 600 4479 2.6 -6.2 52 8.8 -1.6 263 30 319.2 319.9 292.3 332.2 4.02 10 550 5175 -3.4 -13.1 47 9.7 -7.2 264 32 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.5 2.53 11 500 5920 -9.4 -20.2 41 10.8 -12.8 266 35 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.9 1.54 12 450 6726 -14.5 -26.6 35 12.1 -17.6 283 35 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.97 13 400 7607 -20.3 -37.5 20 17.2 -23.1 289 34 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.38 14 350 8582 -27.3 -44.9 17 17.6 -29.3 300 29 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.20 15 300 9673 -36.1 -50.7 21 14.6 -37.2 308 28 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 16 250 10911 -46.3 -60.7 18 14.4 -46.8 314 28 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.04 17 200 12353 -56.9 -66.4 29 9.5 -57.1 313 28 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14154 -60.5 -75.3 13 14.8 -60.7 297 24 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16683 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.5 267 11 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.13 m Freezing level: 578.10 mb = 4784.34 m = 15696.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.90 mb = 4095.05 m = 13435.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.27 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.09 mb = 1150.95 m = 3776.04 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 37.00 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.68 mb = 1546.95 m = 5075.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -10.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -10.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.20 C Cross Totals Index: 29.31 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 693.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4546.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.97 mb = 1431.70 m = 4697.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.97 mb = 1687.35 m = 5535.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.97 mb = 14281.51 m = 46854.79 ft B at Equ Level: 4488.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.99 Bulk Rich Number: 31.37 Bulk Shear: 144.94 m/s