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: 43.44,-96.22 Latitude: 43.44 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 435 25.1 24.2 95 0.9 24.5 153 11 301.4 305.0 298.8 360.6 20.06 2 950 567 24.5 23.6 95 0.9 23.8 153 18 302.0 305.6 298.7 360.0 19.61 3 900 1040 21.8 21.6 99 0.2 21.7 161 33 304.0 307.4 298.4 358.7 18.36 4 850 1537 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 181 37 307.4 310.8 299.0 361.2 17.79 5 800 2062 18.3 18.1 99 0.2 18.1 205 35 310.6 313.8 299.0 361.2 16.54 6 750 2613 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 226 38 312.3 314.9 297.6 354.5 13.72 7 700 3194 10.6 9.9 95 0.7 10.2 248 37 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.6 11.05 8 650 3809 7.0 4.3 83 2.7 5.4 263 38 316.9 318.5 294.8 342.3 8.04 9 600 4462 2.3 -2.4 71 4.7 -0.1 268 40 318.8 319.8 293.3 336.0 5.36 10 550 5158 -3.3 -15.0 40 11.7 -7.7 267 44 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.5 2.17 11 500 5902 -9.6 -21.9 36 12.4 -13.3 269 47 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.9 1.32 12 450 6708 -14.2 -29.4 26 15.2 -17.7 277 41 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.1 0.74 13 400 7592 -19.1 -34.6 24 15.5 -22.0 286 34 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.1 0.51 14 350 8572 -26.2 -41.6 22 15.4 -28.3 300 26 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.28 15 300 9665 -35.4 -50.3 20 14.9 -36.5 321 24 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.13 16 250 10908 -45.3 -54.6 34 9.3 -45.7 347 25 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.09 17 200 12357 -56.6 -62.3 48 5.7 -56.7 353 30 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14148 -62.1 -74.9 16 12.8 -62.2 298 19 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16680 -59.0 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 226 10 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.22 m Freezing level: 579.48 mb = 4747.85 m = 15576.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.14 mb = 4446.72 m = 14588.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.04 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.02 mb = 548.02 m = 1797.96 ft T: 24.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 35.28 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 979.75 m = 3214.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -9.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -10.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 29.77 C K Index: 49.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 726.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3769.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.81 mb = 964.70 m = 3165.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.81 mb = 1013.09 m = 3323.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 882.81 mb = 1208.08 m = 3963.46 ft B at Equ Level: 18.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 621.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 621.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.41 Bulk Rich Number: 15.46 Bulk Shear: 243.78 m/s