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: 43.3,-96.04 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 434 25.3 24.0 92 1.4 24.3 149 17 301.6 305.2 298.7 360.0 19.78 2 950 567 24.6 23.2 92 1.4 23.6 150 26 302.2 305.7 298.5 358.8 19.14 3 900 1041 21.8 21.0 95 0.8 21.2 159 44 303.9 307.2 298.0 356.4 17.62 4 850 1538 20.2 19.9 98 0.3 20.0 182 43 307.3 310.6 298.7 360.0 17.46 5 800 2061 17.5 16.4 93 1.1 16.8 210 39 309.8 312.6 297.7 355.1 14.87 6 750 2611 14.3 11.9 86 2.4 12.7 230 38 312.1 314.3 296.3 348.2 11.75 7 700 3191 11.5 7.2 74 4.4 8.8 250 35 315.2 317.0 295.2 343.8 9.12 8 650 3807 7.4 2.6 72 4.7 4.6 261 35 317.3 318.7 294.3 339.9 7.13 9 600 4461 2.4 -4.8 59 7.2 -1.1 264 38 318.9 319.8 292.6 333.4 4.48 10 550 5157 -3.2 -14.2 42 10.9 -7.4 264 41 320.3 320.7 291.2 328.0 2.32 11 500 5901 -9.4 -19.6 43 10.2 -12.6 266 43 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.1 1.62 12 450 6708 -13.9 -26.5 34 12.6 -17.1 278 38 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.2 0.98 13 400 7593 -19.0 -36.4 20 17.4 -22.1 290 33 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.42 14 350 8572 -26.2 -44.0 17 17.8 -28.4 306 28 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.22 15 300 9665 -35.4 -53.7 14 18.2 -36.6 322 27 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.09 16 250 10908 -45.4 -56.7 27 11.4 -45.9 345 28 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12356 -56.8 -64.5 37 7.7 -56.9 342 31 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14148 -61.8 -75.5 15 13.7 -62.0 296 22 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 228 9 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.62 m Freezing level: 578.53 mb = 4759.43 m = 15614.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.52 mb = 4332.09 m = 14212.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.76 mb = 606.40 m = 1989.49 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 32.94 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1239.14 m = 4065.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.23 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -9.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -9.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 29.30 C K Index: 45.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 716.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3420.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.97 mb = 1031.22 m = 3383.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.97 mb = 2211.43 m = 7255.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.97 mb = 13905.21 m = 45620.23 ft B at Equ Level: 3388.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 707.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 707.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.2 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 14.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.96 Bulk Shear: 285.92 m/s