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: 43.46,-96.3 Latitude: 43.46 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 116 SFC 965 434 25.4 24.4 94 1.0 24.7 154 9 301.7 305.4 299.1 361.9 20.38 2 950 568 24.7 23.8 94 1.0 24.0 154 15 302.3 306.0 299.0 361.2 19.87 3 900 1042 22.0 21.8 99 0.1 21.9 163 29 304.1 307.6 298.6 359.6 18.60 4 850 1539 20.4 20.3 99 0.1 20.4 182 34 307.6 310.9 299.0 361.7 17.91 5 800 2064 18.1 17.9 98 0.3 17.9 206 33 310.5 313.6 298.8 360.4 16.32 6 750 2615 14.3 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 225 38 312.1 314.7 297.4 353.6 13.51 7 700 3196 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.1 248 36 314.2 316.3 296.3 348.3 10.96 8 650 3811 7.0 4.4 84 2.6 5.5 264 37 316.9 318.4 294.9 342.4 8.10 9 600 4464 2.2 -2.2 73 4.4 -0.2 270 39 318.6 319.7 293.3 336.0 5.42 10 550 5159 -3.3 -15.2 39 11.9 -7.7 268 43 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.14 11 500 5903 -9.6 -22.9 33 13.3 -13.5 270 47 321.3 321.6 290.4 325.5 1.21 12 450 6709 -14.4 -32.9 19 18.6 -18.2 280 42 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.53 13 400 7593 -19.2 -36.5 20 17.3 -22.3 287 34 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.42 14 350 8572 -26.3 -41.7 22 15.4 -28.3 299 27 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.28 15 300 9665 -35.5 -51.1 19 15.6 -36.6 318 24 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 16 250 10908 -45.4 -55.3 32 10.0 -45.8 345 24 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12356 -56.6 -62.5 48 5.9 -56.8 353 28 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14148 -62.0 -75.1 16 13.1 -62.1 298 18 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16680 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 228 10 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.31 m Freezing level: 580.22 mb = 4738.93 m = 15547.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.39 mb = 4444.91 m = 14582.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.12 mb = 557.78 m = 1829.97 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 36.18 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 977.71 m = 3207.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -10.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: -10.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 29.89 C K Index: 49.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 726.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3992.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.99 mb = 964.70 m = 3165.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.99 mb = 1013.11 m = 3323.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 882.99 mb = 1208.20 m = 3963.85 ft B at Equ Level: 18.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 275.3 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): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 568.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 568.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.80 Bulk Rich Number: 18.18 Bulk Shear: 219.62 m/s