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: 43.09,-96.34 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 967 414 26.8 25.1 90 1.7 25.5 147 13 302.9 306.8 299.8 365.9 21.18 2 950 569 26.6 24.1 86 2.5 24.7 149 23 304.2 307.9 299.6 364.7 20.25 3 900 1047 23.9 22.2 90 1.7 22.7 163 35 306.2 309.7 299.4 363.5 19.03 4 850 1546 20.9 20.8 99 0.1 20.9 182 37 308.1 311.5 299.5 364.1 18.49 5 800 2070 17.3 16.7 96 0.6 16.9 208 36 309.6 312.5 297.8 355.7 15.15 6 750 2619 13.8 10.7 82 3.1 11.8 232 35 311.6 313.6 295.5 344.9 10.86 7 700 3200 12.1 3.0 54 9.1 6.8 258 31 315.8 317.1 293.6 337.3 6.80 8 650 3815 7.7 0.3 60 7.4 3.6 265 32 317.6 318.8 293.5 336.8 6.02 9 600 4469 2.5 -8.2 45 10.8 -2.4 265 34 319.1 319.7 291.8 330.3 3.42 10 550 5165 -3.2 -14.4 42 11.2 -7.5 265 37 320.3 320.7 291.1 327.9 2.27 11 500 5909 -9.2 -21.4 36 12.2 -12.9 269 39 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.6 1.38 12 450 6717 -14.2 -28.4 29 14.1 -17.6 284 38 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.82 13 400 7600 -19.4 -45.7 8 26.3 -23.0 293 34 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.16 14 350 8577 -26.5 -42.2 21 15.6 -28.5 305 27 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.27 15 300 9669 -35.8 -55.6 11 19.8 -37.0 316 27 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 16 250 10909 -46.0 -59.8 20 13.8 -46.5 328 27 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12353 -56.9 -66.4 29 9.5 -57.1 324 28 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14150 -61.2 -74.8 15 13.6 -61.3 299 21 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16682 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 249 9 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.90 m Freezing level: 577.93 mb = 4776.22 m = 15669.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.93 mb = 4202.13 m = 13786.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.72 mb = 627.79 m = 2059.65 ft T: 26.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 37.48 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1359.65 m = 4460.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -10.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -10.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 29.96 C K Index: 41.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 733.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4703.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 96.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.43 mb = 1120.73 m = 3676.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.43 mb = 1572.54 m = 5159.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.43 mb = 14257.70 m = 46776.65 ft B at Equ Level: 4669.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 571.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 571.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 190.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 15.24 Bulk Rich Number: 20.81 Bulk Shear: 226.01 m/s