MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.51,-98.50 Latitude: 43.51 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 958 487 24.9 19.7 73 5.2 21.2 158 9 301.7 304.5 295.9 346.7 15.26 2 950 558 23.3 18.9 77 4.3 20.2 160 11 300.8 303.5 295.2 343.8 14.64 3 900 1027 18.6 17.8 95 0.8 18.1 172 13 300.7 303.3 295.0 342.9 14.39 4 850 1517 17.1 14.5 85 2.6 15.4 225 9 304.1 306.4 294.5 340.8 12.34 5 800 2034 15.1 9.4 69 5.7 11.6 230 10 307.2 309.0 293.2 335.4 9.31 6 750 2578 11.7 6.0 68 5.7 8.3 252 11 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.4 7.85 7 700 3151 7.5 1.2 65 6.2 4.1 272 11 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.4 5.99 8 650 3756 3.0 -4.6 57 7.6 -0.7 287 11 312.3 313.1 290.4 325.5 4.17 9 600 4400 -1.2 -12.3 43 11.0 -5.6 305 13 314.7 315.1 289.6 322.8 2.49 10 550 5086 -6.1 -18.1 38 12.0 -10.1 308 14 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.4 1.67 11 500 5825 -10.8 -29.6 20 18.8 -15.2 311 15 319.9 320.0 289.4 322.2 0.66 12 450 6626 -16.1 -37.2 14 21.1 -19.8 312 14 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.2 0.35 13 400 7500 -22.6 -35.4 30 12.8 -24.7 293 10 325.7 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.47 14 350 8468 -28.7 -42.4 26 13.7 -30.3 252 11 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.26 15 300 9553 -37.2 -48.9 29 11.7 -38.1 212 20 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.15 16 250 10783 -48.4 -55.5 43 7.1 -48.6 209 22 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 17 200 12231 -50.3 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.8 256 2 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14101 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 289 23 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16658 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 309 19 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.43 m Freezing level: 614.84 mb = 4208.60 m = 13807.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.15 mb = 3666.91 m = 12030.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.29 mb = 1139.53 m = 3738.56 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 24.51 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1763.54 m = 5785.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1503.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.12 mb = 1247.95 m = 4094.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.12 mb = 2778.23 m = 9114.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.12 mb = 11550.16 m = 37893.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1488.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.12 mb = 14440.93 m = 47377.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 28.95 Bulk Shear: 51.94 m/s