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: 43.50,-97.37 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 964 442 30.9 24.7 70 6.2 26.2 166 12 307.2 311.1 300.5 369.8 20.68 2 950 573 30.3 23.5 67 6.8 25.2 168 18 308.0 311.6 300.1 367.3 19.56 3 900 1055 25.9 22.3 81 3.6 23.3 174 23 308.2 311.8 299.9 366.5 19.22 4 850 1557 21.5 21.3 98 0.3 21.3 183 26 308.7 312.3 299.9 366.6 19.05 5 800 2081 17.9 17.4 97 0.5 17.5 207 30 310.2 313.2 298.4 358.3 15.79 6 750 2632 14.2 12.3 88 1.9 12.9 240 26 312.0 314.3 296.4 349.1 12.08 7 700 3212 10.8 5.3 69 5.5 7.5 273 18 314.4 316.0 294.1 339.4 7.99 8 650 3828 8.4 -5.0 38 13.5 1.7 266 16 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.7 4.05 9 600 4483 3.0 -9.6 39 12.6 -2.6 257 21 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.07 10 550 5179 -3.3 -13.3 46 10.0 -7.2 255 27 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.48 11 500 5923 -9.5 -22.8 33 13.3 -13.3 259 30 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.7 1.22 12 450 6729 -14.3 -29.6 26 15.3 -17.9 280 28 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.73 13 400 7612 -19.6 -36.8 20 17.2 -22.5 291 27 329.6 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.41 14 350 8589 -27.0 -40.1 28 13.2 -28.7 295 27 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.33 15 300 9679 -36.4 -47.9 30 11.5 -37.3 296 26 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.17 16 250 10915 -46.9 -56.6 32 9.8 -47.3 313 28 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 17 200 12353 -57.3 -65.8 33 8.5 -57.5 302 32 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14145 -59.8 -78.5 7 18.7 -60.0 297 27 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16677 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.6 -59.0 237 14 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.71 m Freezing level: 576.29 mb = 4812.76 m = 15789.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.18 mb = 4080.99 m = 13388.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.82 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.80 mb = 1234.18 m = 4049.11 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 40.89 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.68 mb = 1549.60 m = 5083.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -11.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.99 C Showalter Index: -11.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 30.74 C K Index: 46.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 737.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5313.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 103.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.85 mb = 1475.93 m = 4842.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.85 mb = 1629.75 m = 5346.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.85 mb = 14450.21 m = 47408.23 ft B at Equ Level: 5248.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 255.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.80 Bulk Rich Number: 68.47 Bulk Shear: 77.61 m/s