MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.4,-97.02 Latitude: 43.40 Longitude: -97.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 430 30.8 24.5 69 6.3 26.0 166 13 307.0 310.8 300.4 368.7 20.42 2 950 577 29.9 23.3 68 6.6 25.0 168 19 307.5 311.1 299.8 366.0 19.33 3 900 1059 25.4 22.0 82 3.4 22.9 173 24 307.7 311.2 299.6 364.8 18.86 4 850 1560 21.3 21.1 99 0.1 21.2 184 27 308.4 312.0 299.8 365.7 18.87 5 800 2084 17.6 17.1 96 0.6 17.2 210 31 310.0 312.9 298.1 357.2 15.50 6 750 2634 14.0 11.8 87 2.2 12.6 239 27 311.8 314.0 296.1 347.6 11.67 7 700 3213 10.7 4.4 65 6.2 7.0 264 22 314.3 315.7 293.8 337.8 7.53 8 650 3829 8.6 -5.4 37 13.9 1.7 261 17 318.7 319.4 292.1 331.5 3.94 9 600 4484 3.0 -8.9 41 12.0 -2.3 256 20 319.6 320.3 291.8 330.3 3.25 10 550 5181 -3.2 -12.8 47 9.6 -7.0 255 25 320.3 320.8 291.4 329.0 2.60 11 500 5925 -9.6 -20.7 40 11.1 -13.0 259 30 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.3 1.46 12 450 6731 -14.5 -28.5 29 14.0 -17.8 280 28 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.9 0.81 13 400 7613 -19.7 -36.2 22 16.5 -22.6 294 28 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.1 0.43 14 350 8589 -27.1 -41.5 24 14.4 -28.9 303 29 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.29 15 300 9679 -36.5 -49.6 25 13.1 -37.4 303 26 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 16 250 10914 -46.9 -56.7 32 9.8 -47.3 315 29 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 17 200 12353 -57.3 -65.4 35 8.1 -57.4 305 32 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14146 -59.6 -79.1 6 19.4 -59.8 297 25 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16679 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 235 13 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.71 m Freezing level: 575.55 mb = 4824.82 m = 15829.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 4095.72 m = 13437.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.29 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.82 mb = 1237.53 m = 4060.09 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 39.37 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1543.57 m = 5064.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.95 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -11.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.84 C Showalter Index: -11.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.87 C Cross Totals Index: 30.73 C K Index: 45.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 735.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5068.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 100.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.57 mb = 1451.32 m = 4761.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.57 mb = 1604.83 m = 5265.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.57 mb = 14333.14 m = 47024.15 ft B at Equ Level: 5008.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 269.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.78 Bulk Rich Number: 62.71 Bulk Shear: 80.81 m/s