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: 43.37,-96.3 Latitude: 43.37 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 426 25.2 24.6 96 0.6 24.7 152 11 301.4 305.2 299.1 362.1 20.56 2 950 566 24.5 24.0 97 0.5 24.1 153 18 302.0 305.7 299.0 361.6 20.10 3 900 1040 22.1 22.0 99 0.1 22.1 162 32 304.3 307.8 298.8 360.4 18.79 4 850 1538 20.8 20.6 99 0.1 20.7 182 37 307.9 311.3 299.3 363.3 18.29 5 800 2063 18.5 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 207 35 310.8 314.0 299.1 362.3 16.81 6 750 2615 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 226 38 312.4 315.0 297.7 354.9 13.84 7 700 3196 10.8 9.9 94 0.9 10.2 248 36 314.4 316.5 296.3 348.6 10.99 8 650 3811 6.7 5.0 89 1.8 5.7 265 35 316.6 318.2 295.1 343.1 8.44 9 600 4464 2.2 -0.0 85 2.3 1.0 269 37 318.7 319.9 294.1 339.1 6.37 10 550 5161 -2.9 -9.1 62 6.2 -5.6 267 42 320.7 321.3 292.3 332.1 3.48 11 500 5906 -9.4 -18.9 46 9.5 -12.5 270 45 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.4 1.71 12 450 6712 -14.4 -33.0 19 18.6 -18.2 281 41 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.53 13 400 7595 -19.2 -39.7 15 20.5 -22.5 290 34 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 14 350 8575 -26.3 -41.3 23 15.0 -28.3 304 26 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.29 15 300 9667 -35.5 -53.2 15 17.7 -36.7 322 25 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.09 16 250 10909 -45.5 -58.5 22 12.9 -46.0 343 25 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12356 -56.8 -64.5 37 7.7 -56.9 344 28 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14150 -61.7 -74.9 16 13.2 -61.9 301 19 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 231 10 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.94 m Freezing level: 578.17 mb = 4768.01 m = 15642.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.55 mb = 4563.88 m = 14973.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.65 C = 92.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.15 mb = 500.11 m = 1640.77 ft T: 24.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 36.14 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 945.71 m = 3102.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -10.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -10.80 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: 49.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 741.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4125.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.74 mb = 936.32 m = 3071.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.74 mb = 984.61 m = 3230.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.74 mb = 1179.48 m = 3869.64 ft B at Equ Level: 20.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 600.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 600.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 200.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.31 Bulk Rich Number: 17.99 Bulk Shear: 229.39 m/s