MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.01,-97.04 Latitude: 44.01 Longitude: -97.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 955 518 27.0 24.1 84 2.9 24.9 226 12 304.2 307.9 299.6 364.6 20.20 2 950 560 27.1 24.0 83 3.1 24.8 228 15 304.6 308.4 299.7 364.9 20.14 3 900 1039 24.7 22.0 85 2.7 22.7 214 37 306.9 310.5 299.4 363.8 18.82 4 850 1539 20.9 20.3 96 0.6 20.5 218 42 308.0 311.4 299.1 362.2 17.90 5 800 2064 18.7 18.5 99 0.2 18.6 224 45 311.1 314.3 299.3 363.2 17.01 6 750 2616 14.7 14.0 96 0.7 14.2 246 42 312.5 315.1 297.5 354.1 13.51 7 700 3197 11.2 5.8 69 5.5 7.9 257 37 314.9 316.5 294.5 340.8 8.27 8 650 3812 7.7 -6.4 36 14.1 0.9 266 43 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.5 3.65 9 600 4466 3.0 -13.2 29 16.2 -3.6 265 46 319.6 320.0 290.9 327.3 2.31 10 550 5163 -2.2 -20.7 23 18.5 -8.3 268 44 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.1 1.34 11 500 5911 -8.1 -18.7 42 10.6 -11.6 271 42 323.2 323.5 291.5 329.2 1.75 12 450 6720 -14.4 -17.4 78 3.1 -15.4 270 41 325.2 325.6 292.4 332.6 2.17 13 400 7602 -19.9 -22.4 81 2.4 -20.6 267 39 329.1 329.4 293.0 334.7 1.59 14 350 8579 -26.4 -29.3 76 2.9 -27.0 268 36 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.7 0.97 15 300 9674 -34.7 -38.0 72 3.3 -35.1 271 30 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.3 0.48 16 250 10922 -44.1 -47.5 68 3.5 -44.3 285 20 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.21 17 200 12380 -55.3 -59.2 61 4.0 -55.4 338 18 345.2 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.07 18 150 14172 -62.1 -66.1 59 4.0 -62.1 11 21 363.2 363.2 299.4 363.3 0.04 19 100 16706 -60.5 -78.1 8 17.6 -60.7 231 16 410.9 410.9 306.6 411.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.03 m Freezing level: 571.00 mb = 4870.31 m = 15978.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3938.45 m = 12921.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.70 % Est. max temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.38 mb = 888.71 m = 2915.67 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 37.05 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.54 mb = 1471.66 m = 4828.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -9.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 28.36 C K Index: 43.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 658.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4298.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.67 mb = 1298.40 m = 4259.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.67 mb = 1970.23 m = 6463.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.67 mb = 14227.19 m = 46676.57 ft B at Equ Level: 4285.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 370.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.99 Bulk Rich Number: 54.64 Bulk Shear: 78.67 m/s