MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.19,-97.97 Latitude: 43.19 Longitude: -97.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 963 454 25.4 21.0 77 4.3 22.3 130 10 301.7 304.8 296.7 350.4 16.52 2 950 573 23.9 20.3 80 3.6 21.3 132 13 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.6 16.01 3 900 1044 19.7 19.1 96 0.6 19.3 146 15 301.8 304.7 296.2 348.0 15.64 4 850 1536 16.8 15.5 92 1.3 16.0 207 13 303.7 306.2 295.0 342.9 13.18 5 800 2051 13.8 9.6 76 4.2 11.2 263 6 305.9 307.6 292.9 334.2 9.42 6 750 2593 11.0 5.9 71 5.1 8.0 305 8 308.5 310.0 292.3 332.4 7.81 7 700 3165 7.1 2.0 70 5.1 4.3 312 11 310.4 311.5 291.7 329.9 6.33 8 650 3770 3.7 -8.4 41 12.1 -1.7 317 11 313.1 313.7 289.7 323.1 3.12 9 600 4416 0.4 -18.9 22 19.3 -6.2 316 12 316.6 316.8 289.2 321.4 1.43 10 550 5107 -4.2 -20.1 28 15.9 -9.4 317 15 319.1 319.4 289.9 324.0 1.41 11 500 5850 -9.4 -25.6 25 16.2 -13.8 320 19 321.6 321.7 290.2 324.9 0.95 12 450 6654 -15.8 -27.3 36 11.6 -18.5 317 20 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.6 0.90 13 400 7531 -21.7 -34.9 30 13.1 -24.0 305 18 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.49 14 350 8500 -28.5 -36.9 44 8.4 -29.7 296 22 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.46 15 300 9584 -38.0 -44.8 49 6.9 -38.5 303 17 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.23 16 250 10812 -47.7 -55.3 41 7.7 -48.0 283 14 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 12266 -51.0 -70.9 8 19.9 -51.4 293 35 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14123 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 274 28 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16676 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 279 9 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.46 m Freezing level: 595.86 mb = 4473.03 m = 14675.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.05 mb = 3595.54 m = 11796.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.63 mb = 999.52 m = 3279.24 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 29.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1238.60 m = 4063.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2117.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.98 mb = 1159.79 m = 3805.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.98 mb = 1405.36 m = 4610.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.98 mb = 11856.38 m = 38898.41 ft B at Equ Level: 2114.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.98 mb = 15373.32 m = 50436.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.9 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 334.9 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 123.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.62 Bulk Rich Number: 24.12 Bulk Shear: 87.78 m/s