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: 43.53,-97.23 Latitude: 43.53 Longitude: -97.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 963 454 30.6 24.5 70 6.0 26.0 166 12 307.0 310.8 300.4 369.1 20.54 2 950 574 30.1 23.5 68 6.6 25.2 167 18 307.7 311.4 300.0 366.9 19.56 3 900 1056 25.7 22.3 82 3.4 23.2 172 23 308.0 311.6 299.9 366.2 19.20 4 850 1557 21.6 21.4 99 0.2 21.5 183 26 308.7 312.3 300.1 367.2 19.22 5 800 2082 17.7 17.4 98 0.4 17.5 208 30 310.1 313.0 298.3 358.2 15.78 6 750 2632 14.1 12.1 88 2.0 12.8 240 26 311.9 314.1 296.3 348.5 11.93 7 700 3212 10.6 5.1 69 5.5 7.3 271 19 314.3 315.8 294.1 339.0 7.92 8 650 3827 8.4 -4.7 39 13.1 1.8 265 16 318.5 319.3 292.2 332.0 4.16 9 600 4482 3.0 -9.4 40 12.3 -2.6 257 21 319.6 320.2 291.7 329.9 3.13 10 550 5179 -3.2 -13.4 45 10.1 -7.2 255 27 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.48 11 500 5923 -9.6 -22.0 35 12.5 -13.3 258 30 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.9 1.31 12 450 6729 -14.3 -29.9 25 15.6 -17.9 279 28 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.71 13 400 7612 -19.6 -34.1 26 14.5 -22.4 293 28 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.4 0.53 14 350 8588 -27.0 -39.8 29 12.8 -28.7 298 28 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.34 15 300 9678 -36.4 -48.1 29 11.8 -37.3 297 27 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 16 250 10914 -46.9 -56.4 33 9.5 -47.3 314 29 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 17 200 12352 -57.3 -65.7 34 8.3 -57.5 304 32 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14145 -59.7 -79.0 6 19.3 -59.9 296 26 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16677 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.2 236 14 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.82 m Freezing level: 576.08 mb = 4815.50 m = 15798.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.11 mb = 4094.75 m = 13434.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.07 mb = 1222.49 m = 4010.74 ft T: 24.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 41.27 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.29 mb = 1554.30 m = 5099.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -11.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.08 C Showalter Index: -12.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.12 C Cross Totals Index: 30.96 C K Index: 47.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 747.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -8.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5280.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.21 mb = 1452.55 m = 4765.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.21 mb = 1709.24 m = 5607.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.21 mb = 14347.25 m = 47070.47 ft B at Equ Level: 5230.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 264.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.1 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: 8.02 Bulk Rich Number: 64.67 Bulk Shear: 81.65 m/s