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: 43.35,-96.35 Latitude: 43.35 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 966 424 25.5 24.8 96 0.7 25.0 153 10 301.6 305.4 299.3 363.1 20.78 2 950 567 24.7 24.1 96 0.7 24.2 154 17 302.3 306.0 299.1 362.2 20.22 3 900 1042 22.3 22.2 99 0.2 22.2 163 31 304.5 308.0 299.0 361.3 18.99 4 850 1540 20.9 20.8 99 0.1 20.8 183 36 308.0 311.5 299.5 364.0 18.45 5 800 2065 18.4 18.2 99 0.1 18.3 208 35 310.7 313.9 299.1 361.8 16.70 6 750 2616 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 226 37 312.0 314.6 297.4 353.4 13.47 7 700 3197 10.8 9.2 90 1.6 9.8 249 35 314.5 316.5 296.0 347.2 10.51 8 650 3812 6.8 4.7 87 2.1 5.5 265 34 316.6 318.2 295.0 342.6 8.25 9 600 4465 2.2 -0.7 81 2.9 0.6 269 36 318.6 319.8 293.9 338.1 6.07 10 550 5161 -2.9 -8.7 65 5.7 -5.5 267 41 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.5 3.62 11 500 5907 -9.3 -17.9 50 8.6 -12.2 270 44 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.87 12 450 6713 -14.4 -32.2 21 17.8 -18.2 282 41 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.2 0.57 13 400 7596 -19.3 -40.7 13 21.5 -22.6 291 34 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 14 350 8575 -26.3 -40.9 24 14.6 -28.3 305 26 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.30 15 300 9668 -35.6 -53.4 14 17.8 -36.8 322 25 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.09 16 250 10909 -45.7 -59.2 20 13.6 -46.2 341 25 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12355 -56.8 -65.1 34 8.3 -57.0 341 28 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14150 -61.6 -75.0 15 13.3 -61.8 301 19 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 234 10 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.91 m Freezing level: 578.66 mb = 4761.81 m = 15622.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.03 mb = 4531.12 m = 14865.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.66 % Est. max temperature: 33.63 C = 92.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.37 mb = 508.14 m = 1667.11 ft T: 25.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 36.75 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 965.76 m = 3168.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -10.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -10.89 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: 49.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 741.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4296.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.19 mb = 942.77 m = 3093.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.19 mb = 991.13 m = 3251.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.19 mb = 1186.24 m = 3891.83 ft B at Equ Level: 19.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 273.7 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): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 567.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 567.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.09 Bulk Rich Number: 20.31 Bulk Shear: 211.57 m/s