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: 43.74,-97.1 Latitude: 43.74 Longitude: -97.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 498 30.4 24.2 70 6.2 25.7 168 13 307.3 311.1 300.3 368.7 20.28 2 950 575 29.9 23.5 69 6.4 25.2 169 17 307.6 311.2 300.0 366.9 19.59 3 900 1056 25.3 22.5 84 2.9 23.2 172 23 307.6 311.2 299.9 366.2 19.36 4 850 1557 21.3 21.2 99 0.1 21.2 183 26 308.5 312.0 299.8 366.0 18.94 5 800 2081 17.7 17.2 97 0.5 17.4 210 30 310.0 313.0 298.2 357.7 15.65 6 750 2631 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.7 239 27 311.8 314.0 296.3 348.2 11.86 7 700 3210 10.5 4.9 68 5.6 7.2 270 20 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.4 7.78 8 650 3825 8.0 -3.3 45 11.3 2.2 265 17 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.8 4.61 9 600 4480 2.8 -9.3 40 12.2 -2.6 258 23 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.14 10 550 5175 -3.4 -13.0 47 9.6 -7.2 256 30 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.5 2.56 11 500 5919 -9.5 -21.7 36 12.1 -13.2 259 32 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.1 1.35 12 450 6726 -14.2 -31.3 22 17.1 -17.9 279 29 325.4 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.62 13 400 7608 -19.9 -27.9 49 8.0 -21.7 294 30 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.6 0.97 14 350 8585 -27.1 -39.8 29 12.7 -28.8 300 30 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.34 15 300 9675 -36.5 -48.3 28 11.8 -37.4 298 28 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.16 16 250 10910 -46.8 -55.6 36 8.8 -47.2 313 31 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12348 -57.5 -65.3 36 7.8 -57.6 306 33 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 14141 -59.4 -79.9 5 20.5 -59.6 295 26 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 237 14 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.91 m Freezing level: 577.35 mb = 4794.98 m = 15731.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.40 mb = 4114.66 m = 13499.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.45 mb = 1288.33 m = 4226.74 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 42.59 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1514.70 m = 4969.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -11.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.19 C Showalter Index: -11.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 30.69 C K Index: 46.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 734.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5256.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.57 mb = 1428.19 m = 4685.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.57 mb = 1581.64 m = 5189.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.57 mb = 14243.21 m = 46729.11 ft B at Equ Level: 5217.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 254.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.83 Bulk Rich Number: 60.26 Bulk Shear: 87.24 m/s