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: 43.29,-96.11 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 429 25.4 24.2 93 1.3 24.5 149 16 301.6 305.3 298.8 360.8 20.02 2 950 567 24.8 23.4 92 1.4 23.8 150 25 302.4 305.9 298.7 360.0 19.45 3 900 1041 21.9 21.2 96 0.7 21.5 159 41 304.1 307.4 298.2 357.5 17.91 4 850 1538 20.4 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 182 43 307.5 310.9 299.0 361.3 17.79 5 800 2062 17.7 16.8 95 0.8 17.1 210 39 310.0 312.9 298.0 356.4 15.25 6 750 2612 14.2 12.3 88 2.0 12.9 230 38 312.0 314.3 296.4 349.1 12.05 7 700 3193 11.5 7.2 75 4.3 8.8 251 35 315.2 317.0 295.2 343.8 9.14 8 650 3808 7.3 3.1 75 4.2 4.9 263 35 317.2 318.6 294.5 340.6 7.40 9 600 4462 2.4 -4.1 62 6.5 -0.8 265 38 318.9 319.9 292.9 334.2 4.72 10 550 5158 -3.1 -13.4 45 10.3 -7.2 265 41 320.4 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.47 11 500 5902 -9.4 -20.1 41 10.7 -12.8 267 43 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.9 1.55 12 450 6710 -13.9 -28.3 28 14.4 -17.4 279 39 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.82 13 400 7594 -19.0 -38.5 16 19.5 -22.3 291 33 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.34 14 350 8573 -26.3 -43.4 18 17.1 -28.4 305 27 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.24 15 300 9666 -35.5 -54.1 13 18.7 -36.7 322 26 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.08 16 250 10908 -45.5 -58.0 23 12.5 -46.0 343 27 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12356 -56.8 -64.8 35 8.1 -56.9 341 30 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14149 -61.8 -75.3 15 13.6 -61.9 297 21 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16682 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 230 9 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.57 m Freezing level: 578.19 mb = 4765.35 m = 15634.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.04 mb = 4366.41 m = 14325.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.59 mb = 589.16 m = 1932.92 ft T: 24.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 34.36 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1154.87 m = 3788.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -9.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -10.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 29.56 C K Index: 45.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 727.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3645.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.53 mb = 1016.23 m = 3334.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.53 mb = 2088.00 m = 6850.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.53 mb = 13843.57 m = 45418.00 ft B at Equ Level: 3632.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 702.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 702.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 234.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.0 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 14.81 Bulk Rich Number: 12.94 Bulk Shear: 281.76 m/s