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: 43.30,-96.25 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -96.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 966 423 25.4 24.5 94 1.0 24.7 151 13 301.6 305.3 299.1 361.9 20.41 2 950 567 24.9 23.8 94 1.1 24.1 152 22 302.4 306.1 299.0 361.3 19.87 3 900 1041 22.3 21.9 98 0.4 22.0 161 36 304.5 307.9 298.7 360.1 18.65 4 850 1539 20.7 20.6 99 0.1 20.6 182 40 307.9 311.3 299.3 363.2 18.27 5 800 2064 18.0 17.8 98 0.3 17.8 208 38 310.4 313.4 298.7 359.9 16.21 6 750 2615 14.1 13.2 94 0.9 13.6 228 38 311.9 314.4 297.0 351.5 12.87 7 700 3195 11.2 8.0 81 3.2 9.2 251 35 314.9 316.8 295.6 345.1 9.68 8 650 3810 7.0 3.7 79 3.3 5.1 265 34 316.9 318.4 294.6 341.3 7.73 9 600 4463 2.3 -2.8 69 5.1 -0.3 267 37 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.6 5.21 10 550 5160 -3.0 -11.7 51 8.7 -6.6 267 41 320.5 321.1 291.7 329.9 2.83 11 500 5905 -9.3 -20.1 41 10.8 -12.7 270 44 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.0 1.55 12 450 6712 -14.1 -31.2 22 17.1 -17.9 282 40 325.5 325.6 291.1 327.8 0.63 13 400 7596 -19.1 -41.2 12 22.1 -22.5 291 33 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.26 14 350 8575 -26.3 -41.9 22 15.6 -28.3 305 27 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.28 15 300 9667 -35.6 -54.5 13 18.9 -36.8 322 26 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.08 16 250 10909 -45.6 -59.0 21 13.4 -46.1 341 26 338.2 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.05 17 200 12355 -56.8 -65.2 34 8.3 -57.0 339 29 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14150 -61.6 -74.8 16 13.2 -61.8 300 20 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 234 9 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.38 m Freezing level: 578.09 mb = 4768.66 m = 15645.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.53 mb = 4429.00 m = 14530.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.35 C = 92.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.72 mb = 541.45 m = 1776.38 ft T: 24.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 36.20 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 1031.78 m = 3385.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -10.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -10.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 29.91 C K Index: 47.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 740.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4072.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.71 mb = 976.04 m = 3202.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.71 mb = 2045.22 m = 6709.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.71 mb = 14078.65 m = 46189.23 ft B at Equ Level: 4044.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 652.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 652.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 14.90 Bulk Rich Number: 16.21 Bulk Shear: 251.33 m/s