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: 43.32,-96.35 Latitude: 43.32 Longitude: -96.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 423 25.5 24.8 95 0.8 25.0 152 11 301.7 305.5 299.3 363.1 20.76 2 950 567 24.9 24.0 95 0.9 24.3 154 19 302.4 306.1 299.1 362.2 20.17 3 900 1042 22.5 22.2 98 0.3 22.3 163 32 304.7 308.2 299.0 361.6 19.04 4 850 1541 21.0 20.8 99 0.1 20.9 184 37 308.1 311.6 299.5 364.3 18.53 5 800 2066 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.2 208 36 310.6 313.7 299.0 361.2 16.56 6 750 2617 14.1 13.6 97 0.5 13.7 226 37 311.8 314.3 297.1 352.2 13.14 7 700 3197 11.0 8.5 84 2.5 9.4 251 34 314.7 316.6 295.7 345.8 9.99 8 650 3812 6.9 4.0 82 2.9 5.2 265 34 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.5 7.85 9 600 4465 2.2 -2.0 73 4.3 0.0 268 36 318.7 319.8 293.4 336.3 5.50 10 550 5161 -3.0 -10.0 58 7.0 -6.0 267 40 320.5 321.2 292.0 331.3 3.26 11 500 5906 -9.3 -18.6 47 9.3 -12.3 270 44 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.7 1.76 12 450 6713 -14.3 -31.7 21 17.4 -18.1 283 41 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.60 13 400 7596 -19.2 -41.6 12 22.3 -22.7 292 34 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.25 14 350 8575 -26.3 -41.0 24 14.6 -28.3 306 26 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.30 15 300 9668 -35.6 -53.9 14 18.3 -36.8 321 25 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 16 250 10909 -45.7 -59.4 20 13.7 -46.2 339 25 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12355 -56.8 -65.4 33 8.6 -57.0 338 27 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14150 -61.6 -74.9 15 13.4 -61.7 301 19 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 236 10 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.47 m Freezing level: 578.65 mb = 4762.02 m = 15623.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.84 mb = 4466.88 m = 14654.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.24 % Est. max temperature: 33.57 C = 92.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.19 mb = 519.31 m = 1703.76 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 36.88 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 1004.16 m = 3294.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.95 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -10.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -10.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 30.11 C K Index: 48.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 743.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4331.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.83 mb = 956.47 m = 3138.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.83 mb = 2024.31 m = 6641.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.83 mb = 13992.57 m = 45906.82 ft B at Equ Level: 4328.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 580.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 580.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 193.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.66 Bulk Rich Number: 20.10 Bulk Shear: 215.54 m/s