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: 43.23,-96.3 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 419 25.8 24.7 94 1.1 25.0 150 13 301.9 305.7 299.2 363.0 20.63 2 950 568 25.3 23.8 91 1.5 24.2 152 23 302.9 306.6 299.1 362.2 19.94 3 900 1044 22.8 22.2 96 0.7 22.3 162 36 305.0 308.6 299.1 361.9 19.00 4 850 1542 21.0 20.8 99 0.1 20.9 184 40 308.1 311.6 299.5 364.3 18.53 5 800 2067 17.8 17.5 99 0.2 17.6 209 38 310.1 313.1 298.5 358.8 15.97 6 750 2616 13.7 12.3 92 1.4 12.8 229 37 311.4 313.7 296.3 348.6 12.11 7 700 3196 11.5 6.0 69 5.5 8.2 254 33 315.2 316.8 294.7 341.5 8.41 8 650 3812 7.2 2.3 71 4.9 4.4 265 33 317.1 318.5 294.1 339.2 6.97 9 600 4465 2.4 -5.7 55 8.1 -1.5 267 35 318.9 319.7 292.4 332.4 4.17 10 550 5161 -3.1 -13.6 44 10.5 -7.2 267 39 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.6 2.44 11 500 5906 -9.1 -20.7 38 11.6 -12.7 271 42 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.0 1.47 12 450 6713 -14.1 -30.7 23 16.7 -17.8 284 39 325.5 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.66 13 400 7597 -19.2 -44.6 9 25.4 -22.7 293 33 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.18 14 350 8576 -26.4 -41.4 23 15.0 -28.4 306 27 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.29 15 300 9668 -35.7 -55.6 11 20.0 -36.9 320 26 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 16 250 10909 -45.8 -59.8 19 14.0 -46.3 336 26 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12354 -56.9 -66.0 31 9.1 -57.1 333 28 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14149 -61.5 -74.7 16 13.3 -61.6 300 20 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 240 9 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.47 m Freezing level: 578.16 mb = 4768.83 m = 15645.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.70 mb = 4293.82 m = 14087.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.39 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.94 mb = 559.17 m = 1834.54 ft T: 25.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 37.32 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1219.47 m = 4000.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -10.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -10.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.09 C Cross Totals Index: 29.95 C K Index: 45.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 742.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4348.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.51 mb = 1009.32 m = 3311.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.51 mb = 1763.76 m = 5786.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.51 mb = 14212.01 m = 46626.77 ft B at Equ Level: 4307.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 643.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 643.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 15.88 Bulk Rich Number: 17.97 Bulk Shear: 241.94 m/s