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: 43.88,-97.12 Latitude: 43.88 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 956 514 30.4 24.3 70 6.1 25.7 171 13 307.4 311.2 300.4 369.0 20.35 2 950 573 30.0 23.6 69 6.4 25.2 171 16 307.6 311.3 300.1 367.2 19.67 3 900 1055 25.4 22.5 84 2.8 23.3 173 22 307.7 311.3 299.9 366.6 19.44 4 850 1556 21.3 21.2 99 0.2 21.2 184 25 308.5 312.0 299.8 365.9 18.91 5 800 2080 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 210 29 310.0 313.0 298.3 358.1 15.79 6 750 2630 13.9 12.1 89 1.8 12.7 240 27 311.7 314.0 296.3 348.2 11.90 7 700 3209 10.4 4.6 67 5.8 6.9 268 19 314.0 315.5 293.7 337.7 7.60 8 650 3824 7.6 -2.1 50 9.7 2.5 265 17 317.5 318.5 292.7 333.7 5.05 9 600 4478 2.7 -8.8 42 11.5 -2.5 259 24 319.3 319.9 291.7 330.0 3.27 10 550 5173 -3.6 -12.0 52 8.4 -7.0 257 31 319.8 320.4 291.5 329.0 2.77 11 500 5917 -9.5 -21.1 38 11.6 -13.0 260 32 321.5 321.7 290.7 326.4 1.42 12 450 6724 -14.0 -31.6 21 17.6 -17.9 279 30 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.8 0.60 13 400 7606 -20.0 -27.1 53 7.1 -21.7 294 30 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.7 1.04 14 350 8583 -27.1 -39.5 30 12.4 -28.8 299 31 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.35 15 300 9673 -36.5 -47.9 30 11.5 -37.4 297 29 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.17 16 250 10908 -46.8 -54.8 40 8.0 -47.1 310 32 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.9 0.09 17 200 12346 -57.5 -64.8 39 7.3 -57.7 306 33 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14139 -59.3 -79.8 5 20.5 -59.6 294 26 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 238 14 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.57 m Freezing level: 578.48 mb = 4777.18 m = 15672.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.10 mb = 4143.17 m = 13592.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.80 mb = 1293.79 m = 4244.67 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 42.69 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1509.77 m = 4953.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -11.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.32 C Showalter Index: -11.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.82 C Cross Totals Index: 30.65 C K Index: 46.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 732.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5320.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 103.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.16 mb = 1431.47 m = 4696.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.16 mb = 1584.96 m = 5199.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.16 mb = 14258.86 m = 46780.48 ft B at Equ Level: 5279.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 239.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.55 Bulk Rich Number: 61.97 Bulk Shear: 85.86 m/s