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: 43.78,-97.18 Latitude: 43.78 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 958 499 30.4 24.4 70 6.0 25.8 169 13 307.3 311.1 300.4 369.1 20.42 2 950 573 30.0 23.7 69 6.2 25.3 169 16 307.6 311.3 300.1 367.6 19.82 3 900 1055 25.4 22.5 84 2.9 23.3 172 22 307.7 311.3 299.9 366.5 19.42 4 850 1556 21.4 21.2 99 0.1 21.3 182 26 308.6 312.1 299.9 366.4 19.03 5 800 2081 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 209 30 310.0 313.0 298.3 358.2 15.79 6 750 2631 14.0 12.2 89 1.8 12.8 238 26 311.8 314.1 296.3 348.7 12.00 7 700 3210 10.5 5.1 69 5.4 7.3 271 19 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.8 7.91 8 650 3825 7.8 -2.7 47 10.5 2.3 265 17 317.8 318.7 292.6 333.3 4.81 9 600 4479 2.8 -8.9 42 11.7 -2.5 259 23 319.4 320.0 291.7 330.0 3.24 10 550 5175 -3.4 -13.0 48 9.5 -7.2 256 30 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.5 2.56 11 500 5919 -9.5 -21.7 36 12.2 -13.2 259 32 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.1 1.34 12 450 6725 -14.1 -31.9 21 17.9 -17.9 279 29 325.5 325.7 291.0 327.7 0.59 13 400 7608 -19.9 -28.2 48 8.3 -21.8 293 30 329.2 329.3 292.4 332.5 0.94 14 350 8584 -27.1 -39.2 31 12.2 -28.7 299 30 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 15 300 9675 -36.5 -48.1 29 11.7 -37.4 297 29 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.16 16 250 10910 -46.8 -55.3 37 8.5 -47.1 311 31 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12348 -57.5 -65.1 37 7.6 -57.6 305 33 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14141 -59.4 -79.7 5 20.3 -59.6 295 26 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 238 14 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.25 m Freezing level: 577.56 mb = 4791.38 m = 15719.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.01 mb = 4132.27 m = 13557.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.34 mb = 1268.55 m = 4161.86 ft T: 23.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 43.01 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1509.89 m = 4953.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -11.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.31 C Showalter Index: -11.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 30.76 C K Index: 46.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 737.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5339.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 103.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.02 mb = 1422.86 m = 4668.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.02 mb = 1576.35 m = 5171.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.02 mb = 14224.11 m = 46666.47 ft B at Equ Level: 5309.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 249.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.80 Bulk Rich Number: 62.09 Bulk Shear: 86.01 m/s