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: 43.41,-96.20 Latitude: 43.41 Longitude: -96.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 433 25.0 24.2 95 0.8 24.4 152 12 301.3 304.9 298.8 360.5 20.05 2 950 566 24.4 23.6 95 0.8 23.8 152 20 302.0 305.6 298.7 360.1 19.64 3 900 1040 21.8 21.6 99 0.2 21.6 160 35 304.0 307.3 298.4 358.5 18.30 4 850 1537 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 181 39 307.5 310.8 299.0 361.2 17.80 5 800 2061 18.3 18.1 99 0.2 18.2 206 36 310.7 313.8 299.0 361.2 16.54 6 750 2613 14.6 14.3 98 0.3 14.4 226 38 312.4 315.0 297.7 354.8 13.76 7 700 3194 10.8 9.9 95 0.8 10.2 248 37 314.4 316.5 296.4 348.7 11.05 8 650 3809 7.0 4.4 83 2.7 5.4 263 37 316.9 318.5 294.9 342.4 8.08 9 600 4462 2.3 -2.0 73 4.4 0.0 268 40 318.8 319.9 293.4 336.5 5.50 10 550 5158 -3.2 -13.8 44 10.6 -7.3 267 44 320.3 320.7 291.2 328.3 2.40 11 500 5902 -9.6 -21.3 38 11.8 -13.1 269 46 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.39 12 450 6709 -14.1 -29.5 26 15.4 -17.7 278 41 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.1 0.74 13 400 7593 -19.0 -35.5 22 16.4 -22.1 287 34 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.0 0.46 14 350 8572 -26.2 -41.9 21 15.7 -28.3 302 26 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 15 300 9666 -35.4 -51.2 18 15.8 -36.5 322 25 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 16 250 10909 -45.3 -55.4 31 10.1 -45.8 346 26 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12357 -56.6 -62.9 45 6.3 -56.8 350 30 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14149 -62.0 -74.8 17 12.8 -62.1 299 19 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16680 -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: 5788.25 m Freezing level: 578.97 mb = 4754.79 m = 15599.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.87 mb = 4463.85 m = 14644.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.83 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.14 mb = 536.88 m = 1761.40 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 35.07 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 979.01 m = 3211.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -9.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: -10.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 29.76 C K Index: 49.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 728.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3749.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.10 mb = 961.19 m = 3153.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.10 mb = 1009.56 m = 3312.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.10 mb = 1204.52 m = 3951.78 ft B at Equ Level: 18.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 645.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 645.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.05 Bulk Rich Number: 14.71 Bulk Shear: 254.94 m/s