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: 43.69,-97.20 Latitude: 43.69 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 960 484 30.6 24.5 70 6.1 26.0 167 13 307.3 311.2 300.5 369.7 20.59 2 950 574 30.0 23.8 69 6.2 25.4 168 17 307.7 311.4 300.2 368.1 19.95 3 900 1055 25.5 22.5 83 3.0 23.2 172 23 307.8 311.4 299.9 366.4 19.35 4 850 1556 21.4 21.3 99 0.1 21.3 182 26 308.6 312.2 299.9 366.5 19.06 5 800 2081 17.7 17.2 97 0.5 17.4 209 30 310.0 313.0 298.2 357.8 15.67 6 750 2631 14.1 12.0 87 2.1 12.7 239 27 311.8 314.1 296.3 348.2 11.84 7 700 3211 10.5 5.2 70 5.2 7.3 272 19 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.0 7.97 8 650 3826 8.0 -3.6 43 11.7 2.1 265 16 318.1 318.9 292.4 332.6 4.50 9 600 4480 2.9 -9.3 40 12.2 -2.6 258 23 319.5 320.1 291.7 329.8 3.15 10 550 5176 -3.3 -13.6 45 10.2 -7.4 256 30 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.2 2.44 11 500 5920 -9.5 -22.4 34 12.9 -13.3 258 31 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.8 1.27 12 450 6727 -14.2 -31.3 22 17.1 -17.9 279 29 325.4 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.62 13 400 7609 -19.8 -29.7 41 9.9 -21.9 293 30 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.2 0.82 14 350 8586 -27.1 -39.1 31 12.0 -28.7 299 29 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.37 15 300 9676 -36.4 -48.1 29 11.7 -37.3 297 28 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 16 250 10912 -46.9 -56.0 35 9.1 -47.3 312 30 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 17 200 12350 -57.4 -65.4 36 7.9 -57.6 305 32 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 14142 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.6 296 26 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16676 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 237 14 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.42 m Freezing level: 576.84 mb = 4802.58 m = 15756.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.63 mb = 4112.08 m = 13490.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.06 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.42 mb = 1258.13 m = 4127.66 ft T: 23.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 40.67 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1512.27 m = 4961.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -12.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.31 C Showalter Index: -11.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 30.79 C K Index: 46.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 739.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5355.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 103.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.56 mb = 1427.91 m = 4684.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.56 mb = 1581.42 m = 5188.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.56 mb = 14244.87 m = 46734.57 ft B at Equ Level: 5324.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 259.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.08 Bulk Rich Number: 62.23 Bulk Shear: 86.06 m/s