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: 43.70,-96.26 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 961 475 24.8 23.9 95 0.9 24.2 173 4 301.4 305.0 298.7 359.8 19.78 2 950 578 24.5 23.1 92 1.4 23.5 179 7 302.0 305.5 298.4 358.3 19.02 3 900 1050 21.1 20.8 98 0.3 20.9 173 21 303.3 306.5 297.7 355.2 17.48 4 850 1546 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.0 192 30 306.2 309.3 297.8 355.5 16.40 5 800 2067 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 218 31 309.2 312.0 297.7 354.8 15.02 6 750 2617 13.8 13.4 98 0.4 13.6 236 37 311.6 314.0 297.0 351.6 13.04 7 700 3196 10.3 9.7 96 0.6 9.9 252 38 313.9 316.0 296.1 347.7 10.89 8 650 3810 6.6 3.6 81 3.0 4.8 264 40 316.4 317.9 294.4 340.5 7.65 9 600 4462 1.5 -5.0 62 6.5 -1.6 269 42 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.1 4.41 10 550 5155 -4.1 -14.0 46 9.9 -7.9 269 43 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.35 11 500 5898 -10.0 -20.2 43 10.2 -13.1 271 45 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.54 12 450 6703 -14.5 -21.1 57 6.7 -16.4 279 41 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.5 1.58 13 400 7586 -19.7 -24.2 67 4.5 -20.8 289 38 329.4 329.7 292.9 334.2 1.35 14 350 8564 -26.8 -31.8 62 5.1 -27.7 298 35 332.7 332.8 293.2 335.5 0.76 15 300 9658 -34.9 -38.9 67 4.0 -35.4 302 31 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.9 0.44 16 250 10905 -44.4 -48.0 67 3.6 -44.6 315 23 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12359 -56.3 -60.3 61 4.0 -56.3 13 24 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14146 -62.0 -74.6 17 12.7 -62.1 302 13 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16684 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 224 10 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.93 m Freezing level: 586.35 mb = 4651.38 m = 15260.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.57 mb = 4293.12 m = 14084.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.73 mb = 589.25 m = 1933.20 ft T: 24.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 29.32 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 1025.83 m = 3365.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -9.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -8.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 28.87 C K Index: 47.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 659.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3192.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.27 mb = 1028.44 m = 3374.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.27 mb = 1076.79 m = 3532.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.27 mb = 13851.75 m = 45444.83 ft B at Equ Level: 3152.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 486.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 486.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.90 Bulk Rich Number: 19.50 Bulk Shear: 163.74 m/s