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: 43.77,-97.05 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 958 500 30.4 24.2 69 6.3 25.7 169 13 307.3 311.1 300.2 368.4 20.17 2 950 575 29.9 23.5 68 6.4 25.1 170 17 307.6 311.2 299.9 366.6 19.52 3 900 1056 25.3 22.4 84 2.9 23.2 172 23 307.6 311.2 299.8 365.9 19.26 4 850 1557 21.2 21.0 99 0.2 21.1 183 26 308.4 311.9 299.7 365.3 18.77 5 800 2081 17.7 17.2 97 0.5 17.4 211 30 310.0 313.0 298.2 357.7 15.64 6 750 2631 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.6 240 27 311.7 314.0 296.2 348.0 11.81 7 700 3210 10.5 4.7 67 5.8 7.1 269 20 314.1 315.5 293.9 338.0 7.67 8 650 3825 7.9 -3.2 46 11.0 2.2 264 17 317.9 318.8 292.5 332.9 4.66 9 600 4479 2.8 -9.2 41 12.0 -2.6 258 23 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.8 3.17 10 550 5175 -3.5 -12.7 49 9.2 -7.1 257 30 319.9 320.5 291.3 328.7 2.62 11 500 5919 -9.5 -21.9 36 12.4 -13.2 259 32 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.0 1.32 12 450 6725 -14.1 -31.3 22 17.2 -17.9 278 29 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.62 13 400 7608 -19.9 -27.3 52 7.4 -21.7 294 30 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.7 1.02 14 350 8584 -27.1 -40.2 28 13.1 -28.8 301 31 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.33 15 300 9674 -36.5 -48.3 29 11.8 -37.4 298 29 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 16 250 10910 -46.8 -55.4 37 8.6 -47.1 313 32 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12348 -57.5 -65.2 37 7.6 -57.6 307 33 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 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 16677 -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: 5802.09 m Freezing level: 577.67 mb = 4790.17 m = 15715.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.95 mb = 4120.23 m = 13517.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.20 mb = 1300.97 m = 4268.21 ft T: 23.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 42.39 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1516.88 m = 4976.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.41 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -11.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.15 C Showalter Index: -11.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.76 C Cross Totals Index: 30.56 C K Index: 46.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 729.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5196.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 101.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.74 mb = 1436.86 m = 4714.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.74 mb = 1590.31 m = 5217.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.74 mb = 14278.09 m = 46843.56 ft B at Equ Level: 5146.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 250.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.65 Bulk Rich Number: 59.28 Bulk Shear: 87.66 m/s