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: 43.49,-96.2 Latitude: 43.49 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 116 SFC 964 442 25.0 24.0 94 1.0 24.3 155 10 301.3 304.9 298.7 359.9 19.84 2 950 568 24.4 23.3 94 1.1 23.6 155 17 302.0 305.5 298.5 359.2 19.35 3 900 1041 21.6 21.4 99 0.1 21.5 162 32 303.8 307.1 298.2 357.8 18.16 4 850 1538 20.1 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 182 36 307.2 310.5 298.7 360.2 17.56 5 800 2062 18.2 18.0 99 0.1 18.1 206 34 310.5 313.6 298.8 360.8 16.47 6 750 2613 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 226 38 312.2 314.8 297.5 354.3 13.69 7 700 3193 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.2 248 39 314.1 316.3 296.4 348.7 11.15 8 650 3808 7.1 4.3 83 2.8 5.4 263 39 317.0 318.5 294.9 342.3 8.05 9 600 4462 2.3 -2.8 69 5.1 -0.3 268 42 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.6 5.21 10 550 5157 -3.5 -17.0 34 13.5 -8.3 267 45 320.0 320.3 290.6 326.2 1.84 11 500 5901 -9.7 -22.7 34 13.0 -13.5 268 48 321.2 321.5 290.4 325.5 1.23 12 450 6707 -14.2 -27.2 32 13.0 -17.4 276 41 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.91 13 400 7591 -19.1 -31.8 32 12.7 -21.7 284 34 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.6 0.67 14 350 8570 -26.2 -40.5 25 14.3 -28.2 297 27 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.6 0.32 15 300 9664 -35.2 -47.6 27 12.4 -36.3 318 24 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.17 16 250 10908 -45.1 -52.4 44 7.3 -45.4 346 25 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.12 17 200 12358 -56.5 -61.3 55 4.8 -56.6 357 31 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14147 -62.3 -75.0 17 12.7 -62.4 298 18 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16680 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 223 10 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.72 m Freezing level: 579.84 mb = 4742.08 m = 15557.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.40 mb = 4429.11 m = 14531.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.25 mb = 565.31 m = 1854.67 ft T: 24.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 35.33 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 984.21 m = 3229.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -9.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -10.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 29.66 C K Index: 49.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 718.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3595.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.77 mb = 975.42 m = 3200.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.77 mb = 1023.82 m = 3358.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.77 mb = 1218.81 m = 3998.66 ft B at Equ Level: 18.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 618.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 618.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.55 Bulk Rich Number: 14.87 Bulk Shear: 241.82 m/s