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: 43.57,-96.25 Latitude: 43.57 Longitude: -96.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 963 451 25.1 24.0 94 1.1 24.3 159 7 301.5 305.1 298.7 360.2 19.89 2 950 571 24.5 23.2 92 1.4 23.5 159 13 302.1 305.6 298.4 358.6 19.12 3 900 1044 21.3 21.1 99 0.1 21.2 163 28 303.4 306.7 298.0 356.4 17.82 4 850 1540 19.8 19.6 99 0.1 19.7 186 32 306.9 310.1 298.4 358.6 17.17 5 800 2063 17.6 17.4 99 0.1 17.5 211 32 309.9 312.9 298.4 358.3 15.87 6 750 2614 14.1 13.9 99 0.2 14.0 230 38 311.9 314.4 297.3 353.1 13.44 7 700 3194 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 251 39 314.3 316.4 296.5 349.7 11.42 8 650 3809 6.9 5.5 90 1.5 6.1 265 40 316.8 318.5 295.3 344.3 8.74 9 600 4463 2.3 -1.0 79 3.3 0.5 269 43 318.8 320.0 293.8 337.8 5.94 10 550 5158 -3.5 -15.0 41 11.5 -7.8 267 46 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.1 2.16 11 500 5902 -9.9 -22.9 34 13.0 -13.6 269 49 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.2 1.22 12 450 6706 -14.6 -26.2 37 11.6 -17.6 276 43 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.4 1.00 13 400 7589 -19.5 -29.9 39 10.4 -21.8 284 36 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.5 0.80 14 350 8568 -26.4 -38.9 30 12.5 -28.2 292 29 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.6 0.38 15 300 9662 -35.3 -44.6 38 9.4 -36.1 308 25 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.24 16 250 10906 -44.9 -50.0 56 5.1 -45.2 338 24 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.16 17 200 12357 -56.3 -60.6 59 4.3 -56.4 4 30 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 14146 -62.1 -74.9 17 12.7 -62.3 299 17 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16680 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.0 223 10 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.12 m Freezing level: 580.18 mb = 4738.51 m = 15546.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.74 mb = 4506.49 m = 14784.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.58 mb = 584.27 m = 1916.86 ft T: 24.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 33.40 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 989.41 m = 3246.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -9.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -9.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 29.51 C K Index: 49.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 701.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3412.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.94 mb = 996.40 m = 3268.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.94 mb = 1044.88 m = 3428.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 869.94 mb = 1339.13 m = 4393.41 ft B at Equ Level: 16.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 576.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 576.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 192.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.23 Bulk Shear: 224.05 m/s