MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.51,-96.86 Latitude: 43.51 Longitude: -96.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 965 448 27.9 22.9 74 5.0 24.2 159 17 304.2 307.6 298.6 359.4 18.53 2 950 588 25.5 21.7 80 3.8 22.8 160 22 303.1 306.3 297.7 354.9 17.47 3 900 1061 21.3 19.6 90 1.7 20.1 170 33 303.4 306.4 296.9 351.3 16.11 4 850 1558 20.9 14.7 68 6.2 16.7 188 36 308.0 310.3 295.7 345.8 12.48 5 800 2081 18.6 13.3 71 5.3 15.1 197 37 311.0 313.3 296.2 348.1 12.11 6 750 2633 16.0 10.9 72 5.0 12.7 218 24 313.9 316.0 296.2 348.1 11.03 7 700 3217 14.0 -11.8 16 25.8 2.6 262 13 318.0 318.4 290.4 325.4 2.22 8 650 3835 8.8 -8.9 28 17.7 0.6 272 18 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.7 3.00 9 600 4490 2.6 -7.6 47 10.2 -2.1 277 21 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.8 3.59 10 550 5185 -4.1 -9.8 64 5.7 -6.5 281 25 319.2 319.8 291.7 330.0 3.29 11 500 5926 -11.0 -13.8 80 2.8 -12.0 287 31 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.4 2.64 12 450 6728 -16.6 -25.6 46 8.9 -18.8 291 34 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.0 1.06 13 400 7602 -21.8 -38.3 21 16.5 -24.4 295 33 326.6 326.7 291.1 328.0 0.35 14 350 8571 -28.5 -41.9 26 13.4 -30.2 296 28 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.3 0.27 15 300 9657 -37.2 -51.3 22 14.2 -38.1 288 27 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 16 250 10889 -46.9 -61.9 17 15.0 -47.3 282 26 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.04 17 200 12334 -56.1 -65.6 29 9.5 -56.3 266 24 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14135 -59.7 -77.4 8 17.7 -59.9 277 28 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16673 -60.3 -85.8 2 25.5 -60.6 220 12 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.93 m Freezing level: 580.85 mb = 4756.12 m = 15603.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.00 mb = 3975.04 m = 13041.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.50 % Est. max temperature: 33.81 C = 92.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.43 mb = 1086.05 m = 3563.12 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 22.70 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2348.20 m = 7703.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.11 C = 97.00 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -8.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 20.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 599.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2808.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.56 mb = 1320.13 m = 4331.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.56 mb = 3980.71 m = 13059.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.56 mb = 13043.79 m = 42794.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2799.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -22.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.1 neg: -21.6 tot: 279.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.27 Bulk Rich Number: 22.43 Bulk Shear: 125.20 m/s