MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.67,-98.16 Latitude: 43.67 Longitude: -98.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 965 425 26.0 20.2 70 5.8 21.9 136 9 302.2 305.1 296.3 348.4 15.63 2 950 564 24.5 19.4 73 5.2 20.9 143 12 302.1 304.9 295.8 346.5 15.05 3 900 1036 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 162 16 302.1 304.8 295.6 345.3 14.64 4 850 1527 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 202 15 303.5 306.0 295.3 343.9 13.59 5 800 2042 13.7 11.4 86 2.3 12.2 268 12 305.8 307.7 293.7 337.7 10.64 6 750 2584 10.9 7.0 77 3.9 8.6 295 10 308.4 310.0 292.8 334.1 8.43 7 700 3156 7.0 1.2 67 5.7 3.9 303 10 310.2 311.3 291.4 328.8 5.99 8 650 3761 3.0 -6.7 49 9.7 -1.4 305 11 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.7 3.57 9 600 4404 -1.1 -11.6 45 10.5 -5.4 313 13 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.3 2.62 10 550 5091 -6.1 -16.3 44 10.2 -9.6 318 16 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.3 1.94 11 500 5829 -10.9 -26.0 28 15.1 -14.8 323 17 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.9 0.91 12 450 6631 -16.3 -37.6 14 21.4 -20.0 316 12 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.33 13 400 7505 -22.2 -32.4 39 10.2 -24.1 282 7 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.63 14 350 8474 -28.6 -42.7 25 14.0 -30.3 235 4 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.25 15 300 9559 -37.2 -52.2 19 15.0 -38.1 201 11 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 16 250 10790 -47.7 -57.5 31 9.8 -48.0 189 12 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12241 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.6 263 9 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14104 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 306 23 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16663 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 319 18 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.06 m Freezing level: 613.71 mb = 4227.74 m = 13870.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.15 mb = 3597.33 m = 11802.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.84 mb = 1162.33 m = 3813.38 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 25.47 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1397.47 m = 4584.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.93 C K Index: 37.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1948.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.06 mb = 1287.01 m = 4222.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.06 mb = 1536.19 m = 5039.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.06 mb = 11952.67 m = 39214.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1920.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.06 mb = 15053.09 m = 49386.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.4 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 324.4 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 149.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.81 Bulk Rich Number: 24.41 Bulk Shear: 79.83 m/s