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,-96.43 Latitude: 43.37 Longitude: -96.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 966 424 25.9 25.0 95 0.9 25.3 155 9 302.1 305.9 299.6 364.7 21.13 2 950 569 25.0 24.2 95 0.8 24.4 157 15 302.6 306.3 299.3 363.1 20.38 3 900 1044 22.5 22.3 99 0.2 22.4 167 27 304.7 308.2 299.1 362.0 19.18 4 850 1542 21.0 20.8 99 0.2 20.9 185 32 308.1 311.6 299.5 364.2 18.50 5 800 2067 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 209 33 310.5 313.7 298.9 360.9 16.49 6 750 2618 13.9 13.5 97 0.4 13.7 225 37 311.7 314.2 297.1 352.0 13.12 7 700 3198 10.9 8.8 87 2.0 9.6 250 33 314.5 316.5 295.8 346.3 10.23 8 650 3813 6.8 4.7 86 2.1 5.5 265 33 316.6 318.2 294.9 342.6 8.25 9 600 4465 2.0 -1.1 80 3.1 0.3 269 35 318.4 319.6 293.6 337.3 5.88 10 550 5162 -3.1 -8.2 68 5.2 -5.4 266 40 320.5 321.2 292.4 332.7 3.74 11 500 5907 -9.4 -16.7 55 7.3 -11.9 270 43 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.6 2.08 12 450 6713 -14.5 -31.4 22 16.9 -18.2 283 41 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.62 13 400 7596 -19.3 -40.8 13 21.5 -22.7 292 34 329.9 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.27 14 350 8575 -26.3 -40.6 25 14.3 -28.2 305 26 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.32 15 300 9668 -35.7 -52.8 16 17.2 -36.8 321 25 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.09 16 250 10909 -45.7 -59.7 19 13.9 -46.3 338 24 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12354 -56.8 -65.3 33 8.5 -56.9 339 26 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14149 -61.6 -75.3 15 13.7 -61.7 301 18 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16680 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 236 10 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.90 m Freezing level: 580.21 mb = 4741.00 m = 15554.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.25 mb = 4502.25 m = 14770.99 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.11 mb = 530.62 m = 1740.87 ft T: 25.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 36.98 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 971.42 m = 3187.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -10.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -10.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 30.16 C K Index: 49.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 736.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4475.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.58 mb = 950.59 m = 3118.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.58 mb = 999.01 m = 3277.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.58 mb = 1194.33 m = 3918.36 ft B at Equ Level: 18.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 498.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 498.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.71 Bulk Rich Number: 24.84 Bulk Shear: 180.17 m/s