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: 43.16,-96.50 Latitude: 43.16 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 115 SFC 967 417 26.2 25.2 94 1.0 25.5 148 9 302.3 306.2 299.8 365.7 21.36 2 950 569 26.0 24.2 90 1.8 24.7 151 19 303.6 307.4 299.6 364.6 20.46 3 900 1046 24.0 22.4 91 1.6 22.8 168 32 306.3 309.9 299.5 364.3 19.27 4 850 1546 21.4 21.3 99 0.1 21.3 185 34 308.6 312.2 299.9 366.5 19.07 5 800 2071 17.5 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 208 33 309.9 312.8 298.2 357.6 15.68 6 750 2620 13.5 11.1 85 2.4 12.0 232 33 311.3 313.4 295.6 345.5 11.14 7 700 3201 11.9 3.5 56 8.4 7.0 260 31 315.7 317.0 293.8 337.9 7.04 8 650 3816 7.6 -0.8 55 8.4 3.0 268 31 317.5 318.6 293.1 335.2 5.55 9 600 4469 2.4 -8.0 46 10.5 -2.4 267 34 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.3 3.48 10 550 5165 -3.3 -13.6 45 10.4 -7.3 265 37 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.3 2.42 11 500 5910 -9.3 -20.3 40 11.0 -12.7 270 39 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.0 1.53 12 450 6717 -14.4 -27.4 32 13.0 -17.6 284 38 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.3 0.90 13 400 7599 -19.4 -42.8 11 23.4 -22.8 293 34 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.22 14 350 8577 -26.5 -42.3 21 15.8 -28.5 307 27 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.26 15 300 9669 -35.7 -54.8 12 19.1 -37.0 318 27 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.07 16 250 10909 -46.1 -59.4 21 13.3 -46.6 327 26 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12352 -56.9 -66.8 28 9.9 -57.1 324 27 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 14150 -61.1 -75.2 14 14.0 -61.3 301 20 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 249 10 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.22 m Freezing level: 578.64 mb = 4766.61 m = 15638.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.83 mb = 4177.70 m = 13706.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.11 mb = 539.96 m = 1771.50 ft T: 26.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 39.56 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1398.99 m = 4589.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -11.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -11.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.69 C Cross Totals Index: 30.56 C K Index: 43.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 756.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4843.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 98.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.62 mb = 1079.34 m = 3541.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.62 mb = 1735.65 m = 5694.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.62 mb = 14508.29 m = 47598.78 ft B at Equ Level: 4767.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 517.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 517.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.84 Bulk Rich Number: 24.80 Bulk Shear: 195.29 m/s