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: 43.36,-96.20 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -96.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 965 428 25.0 24.3 96 0.7 24.5 151 13 301.2 304.9 298.8 360.8 20.19 2 950 565 24.4 23.7 96 0.7 23.9 151 22 302.0 305.6 298.8 360.6 19.82 3 900 1039 21.9 21.6 98 0.3 21.7 160 37 304.1 307.5 298.4 358.7 18.33 4 850 1536 20.4 20.3 99 0.1 20.4 181 40 307.6 310.9 299.0 361.7 17.92 5 800 2061 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 207 37 310.7 313.8 298.9 361.1 16.48 6 750 2613 14.7 14.2 97 0.5 14.4 227 38 312.5 315.2 297.7 354.8 13.74 7 700 3194 11.0 9.8 93 1.1 10.2 249 37 314.6 316.7 296.4 348.7 10.96 8 650 3809 7.0 4.5 84 2.5 5.5 264 36 316.9 318.4 295.0 342.6 8.17 9 600 4462 2.3 -1.3 77 3.7 0.4 267 39 318.8 319.9 293.7 337.4 5.79 10 550 5159 -3.0 -11.6 52 8.6 -6.5 266 43 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.0 2.86 11 500 5904 -9.5 -20.4 41 10.9 -12.9 269 45 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.51 12 450 6710 -14.1 -30.9 23 16.9 -17.9 279 40 325.5 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.64 13 400 7594 -19.0 -38.3 17 19.3 -22.3 290 33 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.6 0.35 14 350 8574 -26.3 -42.4 20 16.2 -28.3 305 26 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.26 15 300 9667 -35.5 -53.4 14 17.9 -36.7 323 25 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.09 16 250 10909 -45.5 -57.5 25 12.0 -45.9 345 26 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12357 -56.7 -64.2 39 7.4 -56.9 345 30 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 14149 -61.9 -74.7 17 12.8 -62.0 299 20 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 228 10 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.30 m Freezing level: 578.24 mb = 4765.44 m = 15634.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.31 mb = 4498.22 m = 14757.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.96 mb = 519.40 m = 1704.04 ft T: 24.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 35.10 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 978.44 m = 3210.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -9.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -10.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 29.80 C K Index: 49.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 734.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3822.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.76 mb = 954.24 m = 3130.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.76 mb = 1002.60 m = 3289.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.76 mb = 1197.55 m = 3928.94 ft B at Equ Level: 19.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 667.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 667.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 14.08 Bulk Rich Number: 14.49 Bulk Shear: 263.85 m/s