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: 43.17,-96.17 Latitude: 43.17 Longitude: -96.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 421 26.2 24.6 91 1.6 25.0 147 16 302.3 306.1 299.3 363.2 20.52 2 950 569 25.6 23.7 89 2.0 24.2 148 26 303.2 306.9 299.1 361.9 19.75 3 900 1044 22.7 21.7 94 1.0 21.9 160 39 304.9 308.3 298.7 359.9 18.40 4 850 1543 20.6 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 182 41 307.7 311.1 299.1 361.9 17.91 5 800 2066 17.4 16.4 94 1.0 16.7 211 39 309.7 312.5 297.7 354.8 14.82 6 750 2615 13.9 10.9 82 3.0 12.0 232 37 311.7 313.8 295.6 345.6 11.01 7 700 3196 11.9 4.4 60 7.6 7.4 254 32 315.7 317.1 294.1 339.2 7.49 8 650 3812 7.5 2.5 70 5.1 4.6 264 32 317.5 318.9 294.3 339.9 7.06 9 600 4465 2.5 -6.2 53 8.7 -1.7 265 35 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.1 4.01 10 550 5161 -3.1 -13.6 44 10.4 -7.2 265 39 320.4 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.44 11 500 5906 -9.2 -20.2 41 11.0 -12.7 268 41 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.0 1.54 12 450 6713 -14.0 -28.8 27 14.8 -17.6 283 38 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.4 0.79 13 400 7597 -19.2 -43.4 10 24.2 -22.7 292 33 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.21 14 350 8575 -26.5 -42.5 21 16.0 -28.5 305 27 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.26 15 300 9668 -35.7 -55.8 11 20.1 -36.9 318 27 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.07 16 250 10908 -45.8 -60.1 18 14.3 -46.3 335 27 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12354 -56.9 -66.0 31 9.1 -57.1 331 29 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14149 -61.5 -75.4 14 14.0 -61.6 297 21 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16682 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 240 9 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.73 m Freezing level: 577.77 mb = 4774.67 m = 15664.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.10 mb = 4288.80 m = 14070.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.76 mb = 626.97 m = 2056.96 ft T: 25.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 22.64 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1278.39 m = 4194.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -9.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -10.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 29.53 C K Index: 42.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 723.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4081.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.41 mb = 1059.92 m = 3477.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.41 mb = 1712.90 m = 5619.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.41 mb = 14009.05 m = 45960.90 ft B at Equ Level: 4062.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 663.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 663.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 221.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 15.83 Bulk Rich Number: 15.34 Bulk Shear: 266.08 m/s