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: 43.39,-96.43 Latitude: 43.39 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 117 SFC 966 426 26.0 25.0 94 1.0 25.3 155 8 302.1 306.0 299.6 364.7 21.10 2 950 569 25.1 24.1 94 1.0 24.4 157 14 302.6 306.4 299.2 362.9 20.29 3 900 1044 22.4 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 167 27 304.6 308.1 299.0 361.6 19.06 4 850 1542 20.8 20.7 99 0.2 20.7 185 32 308.0 311.4 299.4 363.5 18.32 5 800 2067 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 17.9 209 33 310.4 313.5 298.7 360.2 16.30 6 750 2618 13.9 13.4 97 0.5 13.6 225 37 311.7 314.2 297.0 351.7 13.02 7 700 3198 10.9 8.9 87 2.0 9.6 249 33 314.5 316.5 295.8 346.4 10.26 8 650 3813 6.8 4.5 86 2.2 5.5 265 33 316.6 318.2 294.9 342.4 8.19 9 600 4465 2.0 -1.5 78 3.4 0.1 269 35 318.4 319.5 293.5 336.8 5.74 10 550 5161 -3.1 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.7 266 40 320.4 321.1 292.2 331.9 3.50 11 500 5907 -9.4 -17.3 53 7.9 -12.1 270 44 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.3 1.97 12 450 6712 -14.5 -31.7 22 17.2 -18.2 283 41 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.60 13 400 7595 -19.3 -40.4 14 21.1 -22.7 291 34 329.8 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.28 14 350 8574 -26.3 -40.7 24 14.4 -28.3 304 26 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.31 15 300 9667 -35.7 -52.6 16 17.0 -36.8 320 25 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10908 -45.7 -59.2 20 13.5 -46.2 339 24 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12354 -56.8 -65.0 35 8.2 -56.9 341 26 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14149 -61.6 -75.3 15 13.7 -61.8 301 18 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16680 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 235 10 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.98 m Freezing level: 580.58 mb = 4735.73 m = 15536.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.83 mb = 4480.97 m = 14701.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.64 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.67 mb = 544.29 m = 1785.71 ft T: 25.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 36.33 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.05 mb = 985.04 m = 3231.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -10.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -10.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 30.06 C K Index: 48.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 730.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4399.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.54 mb = 960.99 m = 3152.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.54 mb = 1009.46 m = 3311.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.54 mb = 1204.87 m = 3952.95 ft B at Equ Level: 18.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 494.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 494.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.39 Bulk Rich Number: 24.55 Bulk Shear: 179.24 m/s