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: 43.9,-97.92 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 968 400 30.5 24.4 70 6.1 25.9 170 8 306.5 310.3 300.1 367.7 20.30 2 950 568 29.6 23.7 71 5.9 25.2 172 14 307.2 310.9 300.0 366.9 19.76 3 900 1049 25.1 22.6 86 2.5 23.3 174 17 307.4 311.1 299.9 366.6 19.56 4 850 1550 21.5 21.3 99 0.2 21.4 176 20 308.7 312.3 300.0 366.8 19.12 5 800 2076 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 18.9 200 22 311.4 314.7 299.6 364.8 17.39 6 750 2629 15.0 14.7 98 0.3 14.8 229 24 312.8 315.5 298.0 356.5 14.17 7 700 3210 10.9 8.1 83 2.8 9.2 264 16 314.6 316.5 295.5 344.9 9.73 8 650 3826 7.5 -2.2 50 9.7 2.4 271 18 317.4 318.4 292.7 333.5 5.01 9 600 4479 2.3 -8.4 45 10.7 -2.6 261 25 318.8 319.5 291.7 329.9 3.39 10 550 5174 -3.8 -10.9 58 7.1 -6.7 256 31 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.03 11 500 5917 -9.4 -21.4 37 12.1 -13.0 263 30 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.4 1.38 12 450 6725 -14.0 -31.5 21 17.4 -17.9 277 29 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.8 0.61 13 400 7608 -19.4 -36.0 21 16.6 -22.4 288 29 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.44 14 350 8585 -27.0 -40.9 25 14.0 -28.8 285 28 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.31 15 300 9676 -36.3 -46.1 36 9.8 -37.1 286 29 334.2 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.20 16 250 10911 -46.9 -56.9 31 10.0 -47.3 294 31 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.07 17 200 12349 -57.5 -64.9 38 7.4 -57.7 293 33 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14142 -59.8 -79.2 6 19.4 -60.0 293 28 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16674 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 246 15 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.90 m Freezing level: 580.92 mb = 4743.92 m = 15563.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.68 mb = 4136.69 m = 13571.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.39 % Est. max temperature: 34.38 C = 93.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.02 mb = 1176.08 m = 3858.48 ft T: 24.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 40.43 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1495.51 m = 4906.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -11.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.80 C Showalter Index: -11.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 30.70 C K Index: 49.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 727.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5295.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.56 mb = 1350.31 m = 4430.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.56 mb = 1708.89 m = 5606.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.56 mb = 14372.85 m = 47154.44 ft B at Equ Level: 5242.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.9 neg: -2.0 tot: 166.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.83 Bulk Rich Number: 80.94 Bulk Shear: 65.42 m/s