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: 43.40,-96.19 Latitude: 43.40 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 432 25.0 24.2 95 0.8 24.4 152 12 301.2 304.9 298.8 360.4 20.04 2 950 566 24.4 23.6 95 0.8 23.8 152 20 301.9 305.5 298.7 360.0 19.65 3 900 1039 21.8 21.5 99 0.2 21.6 160 36 304.0 307.3 298.4 358.4 18.27 4 850 1536 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 181 39 307.4 310.8 299.0 361.2 17.79 5 800 2061 18.3 18.1 99 0.2 18.1 206 37 310.7 313.8 299.0 361.2 16.52 6 750 2613 14.6 14.3 98 0.4 14.4 227 38 312.5 315.1 297.7 354.8 13.77 7 700 3194 10.8 9.9 94 0.9 10.3 248 37 314.5 316.6 296.4 348.8 11.05 8 650 3809 7.0 4.4 83 2.7 5.5 263 37 316.9 318.5 294.9 342.4 8.08 9 600 4462 2.3 -2.0 73 4.3 0.1 267 40 318.8 319.9 293.4 336.6 5.52 10 550 5158 -3.2 -13.5 45 10.4 -7.2 266 44 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.44 11 500 5902 -9.6 -21.2 38 11.7 -13.1 269 46 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.41 12 450 6709 -14.1 -29.5 26 15.4 -17.7 278 41 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.74 13 400 7593 -19.0 -35.8 21 16.8 -22.1 288 33 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.9 0.45 14 350 8573 -26.3 -42.1 21 15.8 -28.3 303 26 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 15 300 9666 -35.4 -51.5 18 16.1 -36.5 323 25 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.11 16 250 10909 -45.3 -55.7 30 10.3 -45.8 346 26 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12357 -56.6 -63.1 44 6.4 -56.8 349 30 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14149 -62.0 -74.8 17 12.7 -62.1 299 20 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 226 10 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.52 m Freezing level: 578.82 mb = 4756.84 m = 15606.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.47 mb = 4469.07 m = 14662.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.40 mb = 534.28 m = 1752.87 ft T: 24.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 34.98 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.05 mb = 980.63 m = 3217.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -9.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -10.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 29.74 C K Index: 49.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 729.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3733.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.10 mb = 960.91 m = 3152.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.10 mb = 1009.28 m = 3311.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.10 mb = 1204.23 m = 3950.85 ft B at Equ Level: 18.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 655.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 655.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.29 Bulk Rich Number: 14.36 Bulk Shear: 259.96 m/s