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: 43.56,-97.20 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -97.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 460 30.5 24.5 70 6.0 26.0 166 12 307.0 310.9 300.4 369.0 20.51 2 950 574 30.0 23.6 68 6.5 25.2 167 18 307.7 311.3 300.0 367.1 19.62 3 900 1056 25.6 22.3 82 3.3 23.2 172 23 307.9 311.5 299.8 366.1 19.19 4 850 1557 21.6 21.4 99 0.1 21.5 183 26 308.8 312.4 300.1 367.3 19.26 5 800 2082 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 208 30 310.0 313.0 298.4 358.2 15.80 6 750 2632 14.1 12.1 88 1.9 12.8 240 27 311.8 314.1 296.3 348.5 11.93 7 700 3212 10.6 5.2 69 5.4 7.4 271 19 314.2 315.7 294.1 339.1 7.96 8 650 3827 8.4 -4.5 40 12.8 1.9 264 16 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.1 4.23 9 600 4482 3.0 -9.4 40 12.4 -2.6 257 22 319.6 320.2 291.7 329.8 3.12 10 550 5178 -3.2 -13.4 45 10.2 -7.2 255 28 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.4 2.46 11 500 5922 -9.5 -22.0 36 12.4 -13.2 258 31 321.4 321.7 290.6 325.9 1.32 12 450 6729 -14.3 -30.2 25 15.9 -17.9 279 29 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.69 13 400 7611 -19.7 -32.8 30 13.1 -22.2 293 29 329.4 329.6 292.2 331.7 0.61 14 350 8588 -27.0 -39.5 29 12.5 -28.7 299 29 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.35 15 300 9678 -36.4 -48.1 29 11.8 -37.3 298 27 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 16 250 10913 -46.9 -56.3 33 9.4 -47.3 314 30 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 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 14144 -59.6 -79.0 6 19.4 -59.8 296 26 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 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: 5806.17 m Freezing level: 576.08 mb = 4815.16 m = 15797.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.73 mb = 4099.46 m = 13449.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.63 % Est. max temperature: 33.17 C = 91.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.45 mb = 1228.61 m = 4030.83 ft T: 24.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 41.40 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1555.27 m = 5102.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -11.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.14 C Showalter Index: -12.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.12 C Cross Totals Index: 30.99 C K Index: 47.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 748.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -8.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5277.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.83 mb = 1446.24 m = 4744.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.83 mb = 1702.82 m = 5586.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.83 mb = 14320.31 m = 46982.07 ft B at Equ Level: 5231.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 265.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.6 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: 8.07 Bulk Rich Number: 63.53 Bulk Shear: 83.07 m/s