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: 42.89,-96.66 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 969 391 29.8 25.2 76 4.6 26.3 157 10 305.6 309.6 300.5 369.5 21.24 2 950 571 29.4 23.6 71 5.8 25.0 163 20 307.0 310.7 299.9 366.4 19.65 3 900 1051 25.0 22.1 84 2.9 22.9 169 27 307.3 310.8 299.6 364.5 18.95 4 850 1552 21.0 20.7 98 0.3 20.8 175 29 308.1 311.6 299.4 363.9 18.39 5 800 2075 17.6 16.0 90 1.6 16.5 201 29 309.9 312.6 297.5 354.0 14.45 6 750 2625 14.1 10.8 80 3.3 11.9 231 27 311.9 313.9 295.6 345.3 10.88 7 700 3206 12.4 0.8 45 11.5 5.9 260 27 316.2 317.3 293.0 334.6 5.82 8 650 3822 8.2 -6.4 35 14.6 1.1 263 28 318.2 318.9 291.7 330.0 3.63 9 600 4476 2.6 -7.7 47 10.3 -2.1 264 30 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.8 3.58 10 550 5172 -3.3 -13.8 44 10.6 -7.4 263 33 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.39 11 500 5916 -9.3 -20.7 39 11.4 -12.8 268 36 321.8 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.47 12 450 6723 -14.6 -24.9 41 10.3 -17.3 284 36 324.9 325.1 291.4 328.9 1.13 13 400 7604 -20.0 -39.6 16 19.6 -23.1 290 34 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.31 14 350 8580 -27.1 -43.7 19 16.7 -29.0 302 29 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.23 15 300 9671 -36.0 -52.6 16 16.6 -37.1 310 28 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 16 250 10910 -46.3 -60.5 19 14.1 -46.8 318 27 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.04 17 200 12352 -56.9 -66.3 30 9.4 -57.1 315 27 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 14152 -60.7 -75.0 14 14.3 -60.9 298 23 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16681 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 260 11 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.26 m Freezing level: 577.85 mb = 4784.16 m = 15695.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.73 mb = 4041.91 m = 13260.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.27 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 91.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.58 mb = 976.86 m = 3204.87 ft T: 25.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 39.49 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1459.64 m = 4788.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -11.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -10.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 29.97 C K Index: 39.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 717.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5016.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 100.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.85 mb = 1349.64 m = 4427.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.85 mb = 1501.90 m = 4927.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.85 mb = 14369.67 m = 47144.01 ft B at Equ Level: 4971.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 325.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 325.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.87 Bulk Rich Number: 38.62 Bulk Shear: 129.90 m/s