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: 43.92,-97.04 Latitude: 43.92 Longitude: -97.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 957 514 26.6 24.6 89 2.0 25.1 154 5 303.6 307.4 299.7 365.4 20.74 2 950 576 26.4 23.3 83 3.1 24.2 162 7 304.0 307.6 299.0 361.6 19.32 3 900 1052 22.3 21.4 95 0.9 21.6 177 11 304.5 307.8 298.4 358.5 18.10 4 850 1549 19.9 18.1 90 1.7 18.7 212 18 307.0 309.9 297.5 354.0 15.60 5 800 2071 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.1 241 23 309.2 311.8 297.1 352.5 14.26 6 750 2619 13.2 12.0 93 1.2 12.4 253 22 310.9 313.1 296.0 347.1 11.84 7 700 3198 10.8 6.1 73 4.7 7.9 261 22 314.5 316.1 294.6 340.9 8.47 8 650 3812 6.7 3.1 78 3.6 4.6 272 25 316.5 317.9 294.3 339.8 7.38 9 600 4465 2.1 -4.4 62 6.6 -1.1 267 31 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.4 4.60 10 550 5160 -3.6 -11.2 56 7.6 -6.7 262 37 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.6 2.96 11 500 5904 -9.4 -19.1 45 9.6 -12.5 267 37 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.3 1.70 12 450 6710 -14.5 -29.1 28 14.5 -17.9 285 34 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.7 0.77 13 400 7592 -19.5 -42.4 11 22.9 -22.9 293 31 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.23 14 350 8570 -26.7 -46.9 13 20.2 -28.9 302 27 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 15 300 9662 -35.9 -50.3 21 14.4 -37.0 310 25 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 16 250 10900 -46.6 -58.8 24 12.2 -47.0 316 22 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 17 200 12342 -57.1 -65.0 36 7.9 -57.2 313 24 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.03 18 150 14139 -60.3 -79.2 7 18.9 -60.4 284 16 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16675 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 230 9 414.9 414.9 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.12 m Freezing level: 581.40 mb = 4723.33 m = 15496.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.62 mb = 4335.08 m = 14222.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.62 mb = 767.00 m = 2516.38 ft T: 24.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 38.05 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1363.07 m = 4471.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -9.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 27.55 C K Index: 42.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3791.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.11 mb = 1206.93 m = 3959.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.11 mb = 1659.77 m = 5445.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.11 mb = 13770.90 m = 45179.56 ft B at Equ Level: 3762.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.97 Bulk Rich Number: 39.24 Bulk Shear: 96.63 m/s