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: 43.4,-96.3 Latitude: 43.40 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 115 SFC 965 429 25.3 24.5 96 0.7 24.7 153 10 301.5 305.2 299.1 362.1 20.50 2 950 567 24.6 23.9 96 0.7 24.1 153 17 302.1 305.8 299.0 361.4 20.02 3 900 1041 22.1 21.9 99 0.1 22.0 162 31 304.3 307.7 298.7 360.2 18.73 4 850 1539 20.7 20.5 99 0.1 20.6 182 36 307.8 311.2 299.2 362.7 18.16 5 800 2063 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 206 35 310.7 313.9 299.0 361.6 16.64 6 750 2615 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 225 38 312.3 314.9 297.6 354.5 13.73 7 700 3196 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.2 248 36 314.4 316.5 296.3 348.5 10.98 8 650 3811 6.8 4.8 87 2.0 5.6 265 36 316.7 318.3 295.0 342.9 8.33 9 600 4464 2.2 -0.7 81 3.0 0.6 269 38 318.7 319.9 293.9 338.0 6.05 10 550 5160 -3.0 -10.9 55 7.9 -6.3 267 42 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.5 3.03 11 500 5905 -9.5 -20.1 42 10.7 -12.8 270 46 321.5 321.8 290.8 326.8 1.54 12 450 6711 -14.4 -32.9 19 18.6 -18.2 281 42 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.53 13 400 7594 -19.2 -38.5 16 19.3 -22.4 289 34 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.3 0.34 14 350 8574 -26.3 -41.4 23 15.1 -28.3 302 26 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.29 15 300 9667 -35.5 -52.4 16 16.9 -36.7 321 24 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.7 0.10 16 250 10909 -45.5 -57.3 25 11.8 -46.0 344 25 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12356 -56.7 -63.8 40 7.1 -56.9 347 28 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14149 -61.8 -74.9 16 13.1 -61.9 300 19 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 230 10 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.40 m Freezing level: 578.88 mb = 4757.91 m = 15609.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.62 mb = 4522.44 m = 14837.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.20 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.15 mb = 519.22 m = 1703.45 ft T: 24.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 35.99 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 957.63 m = 3141.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.78 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -10.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -10.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.14 C Cross Totals Index: 30.00 C K Index: 49.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 736.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4083.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.82 mb = 945.80 m = 3102.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.82 mb = 994.13 m = 3261.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.82 mb = 1189.08 m = 3901.13 ft B at Equ Level: 19.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 274.0 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): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 589.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 589.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 196.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.80 Bulk Rich Number: 18.06 Bulk Shear: 226.14 m/s