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: 44.01,-97.28 Latitude: 44.01 Longitude: -97.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 956 517 30.3 24.6 72 5.7 26.0 174 11 307.4 311.3 300.7 370.4 20.79 2 950 572 30.0 23.8 69 6.2 25.3 175 13 307.6 311.4 300.2 368.0 19.91 3 900 1053 25.5 22.4 83 3.1 23.2 177 20 307.8 311.4 299.8 366.1 19.25 4 850 1554 21.2 20.8 97 0.4 20.9 185 23 308.4 311.8 299.5 364.3 18.44 5 800 2079 17.8 17.2 96 0.6 17.4 212 28 310.1 313.1 298.2 357.7 15.62 6 750 2629 13.9 12.6 92 1.3 13.1 242 27 311.7 314.1 296.5 349.7 12.36 7 700 3208 10.4 5.4 71 5.0 7.4 266 19 314.0 315.5 294.1 339.1 8.07 8 650 3823 7.5 -1.4 53 8.9 2.8 267 18 317.4 318.5 292.9 334.4 5.32 9 600 4476 2.4 -8.0 46 10.4 -2.3 261 25 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.3 3.50 10 550 5171 -3.6 -11.9 53 8.2 -7.0 256 32 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.80 11 500 5915 -9.4 -20.6 40 11.2 -12.9 261 32 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.48 12 450 6722 -13.9 -32.1 20 18.1 -17.9 279 30 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.58 13 400 7605 -20.0 -27.3 52 7.3 -21.7 292 30 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.6 1.02 14 350 8581 -27.1 -37.4 37 10.3 -28.6 296 31 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.8 0.44 15 300 9672 -36.4 -47.3 31 10.9 -37.3 295 30 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.18 16 250 10907 -46.9 -55.1 39 8.2 -47.2 305 32 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.09 17 200 12345 -57.6 -65.0 38 7.4 -57.8 304 33 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 14138 -59.3 -79.8 5 20.5 -59.5 292 26 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16674 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 241 15 415.0 415.0 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.17 m Freezing level: 580.02 mb = 4753.99 m = 15596.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.79 mb = 4171.79 m = 13686.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.33 mb = 1247.02 m = 4091.23 ft T: 23.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 43.80 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.59 mb = 1507.20 m = 4944.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -11.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.28 C Showalter Index: -11.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.64 C Cross Totals Index: 30.20 C K Index: 46.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 711.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5268.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.57 mb = 1446.01 m = 4744.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.57 mb = 1599.57 m = 5247.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.57 mb = 14325.04 m = 46997.58 ft B at Equ Level: 5211.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 227.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.17 Bulk Rich Number: 67.36 Bulk Shear: 78.22 m/s