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: 43.31,-96.32 Latitude: 43.31 Longitude: -96.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 422 25.5 24.7 95 0.8 24.9 152 11 301.6 305.4 299.2 362.7 20.64 2 950 567 24.9 23.9 95 0.9 24.2 153 20 302.4 306.1 299.1 361.9 20.07 3 900 1042 22.4 22.1 98 0.3 22.2 162 34 304.6 308.1 299.0 361.3 18.97 4 850 1540 20.9 20.8 99 0.1 20.8 183 38 308.1 311.5 299.5 364.1 18.48 5 800 2065 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 208 37 310.6 313.7 298.9 361.1 16.53 6 750 2616 14.1 13.5 96 0.5 13.7 227 37 311.9 314.3 297.1 352.1 13.11 7 700 3196 11.1 8.3 83 2.7 9.3 251 35 314.7 316.6 295.6 345.5 9.89 8 650 3811 6.9 3.8 81 3.1 5.1 265 34 316.8 318.3 294.6 341.3 7.79 9 600 4464 2.3 -2.3 72 4.5 -0.1 268 36 318.7 319.8 293.3 336.1 5.40 10 550 5161 -3.0 -10.6 56 7.6 -6.2 267 40 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.8 3.10 11 500 5906 -9.3 -19.2 44 10.0 -12.5 270 44 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.67 12 450 6712 -14.2 -31.9 21 17.7 -18.0 283 41 325.3 325.5 291.0 327.5 0.59 13 400 7596 -19.2 -41.8 12 22.6 -22.6 292 33 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.24 14 350 8575 -26.3 -41.2 23 14.8 -28.3 306 26 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.30 15 300 9668 -35.6 -54.2 13 18.6 -36.8 321 25 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 16 250 10909 -45.7 -59.3 20 13.6 -46.2 339 25 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12355 -56.9 -65.4 33 8.5 -57.0 338 28 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14150 -61.6 -74.8 16 13.2 -61.7 301 19 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 235 10 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.31 m Freezing level: 578.34 mb = 4766.03 m = 15636.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.93 mb = 4451.62 m = 14604.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.79 mb = 522.72 m = 1714.95 ft T: 25.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 36.64 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 1015.22 m = 3330.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -10.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -10.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 30.06 C K Index: 48.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 743.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4266.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.32 mb = 961.01 m = 3152.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.32 mb = 2029.17 m = 6657.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.32 mb = 14013.00 m = 45973.86 ft B at Equ Level: 4257.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 607.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 607.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 14.24 Bulk Rich Number: 18.71 Bulk Shear: 227.99 m/s