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: 43.10,-96.73 Latitude: 43.10 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 967 409 28.4 25.8 86 2.7 26.4 147 7 304.4 308.5 300.7 370.5 22.04 2 950 569 28.1 24.4 80 3.7 25.3 152 15 305.7 309.6 300.2 367.9 20.67 3 900 1049 24.7 22.5 87 2.2 23.0 173 25 306.9 310.6 299.7 365.4 19.36 4 850 1549 21.5 21.3 99 0.1 21.4 182 28 308.6 312.2 299.9 366.7 19.11 5 800 2074 17.4 16.8 96 0.6 17.0 204 29 309.7 312.6 298.0 356.2 15.25 6 750 2623 13.8 10.9 82 3.0 11.9 233 29 311.6 313.7 295.6 345.3 10.96 7 700 3204 12.2 0.7 45 11.5 5.8 263 27 315.9 317.1 292.9 334.2 5.76 8 650 3819 7.7 -2.0 50 9.7 2.6 267 28 317.7 318.7 292.8 334.0 5.08 9 600 4473 2.5 -8.0 46 10.5 -2.3 265 31 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.5 3.50 10 550 5169 -3.2 -13.9 43 10.7 -7.4 265 35 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.2 2.38 11 500 5913 -9.3 -20.2 41 10.8 -12.7 269 37 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.0 1.54 12 450 6720 -14.6 -25.3 40 10.7 -17.4 284 37 324.8 325.1 291.3 328.7 1.08 13 400 7602 -19.7 -40.4 14 20.7 -22.9 292 34 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.28 14 350 8578 -26.8 -43.2 20 16.4 -28.8 305 27 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.24 15 300 9669 -35.8 -53.9 14 18.1 -37.0 315 27 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 16 250 10909 -46.3 -59.3 22 13.0 -46.8 319 26 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12351 -57.0 -66.8 28 9.8 -57.2 318 26 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.02 18 150 14150 -60.8 -75.3 13 14.5 -60.9 300 21 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16680 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 255 11 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.02 m Freezing level: 577.92 mb = 4780.29 m = 15683.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.29 mb = 4162.06 m = 13654.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.77 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.44 mb = 744.20 m = 2441.56 ft T: 26.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 39.77 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1417.58 m = 4650.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -11.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -11.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 30.64 C K Index: 40.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 747.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5254.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.99 mb = 1205.97 m = 3956.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.99 mb = 1559.63 m = 5116.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.99 mb = 14625.41 m = 47983.06 ft B at Equ Level: 5170.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 377.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.75 Bulk Rich Number: 36.96 Bulk Shear: 142.18 m/s