MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.74,-96.17 Latitude: 43.74 Longitude: -96.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 961 488 27.3 22.7 76 4.6 24.0 160 12 304.0 307.4 298.5 358.9 18.43 2 950 587 26.5 21.8 76 4.6 23.1 161 16 304.1 307.3 298.0 356.5 17.62 3 900 1063 22.1 20.3 89 1.8 20.8 169 25 304.3 307.5 297.7 354.7 16.91 4 850 1559 21.0 13.5 62 7.5 16.0 198 34 308.1 310.3 295.0 343.0 11.51 5 800 2082 18.3 13.2 72 5.1 14.9 214 37 310.7 313.0 296.1 347.5 12.03 6 750 2634 15.5 12.8 84 2.7 13.7 234 26 313.4 315.8 297.1 352.1 12.52 7 700 3217 13.0 -5.5 27 18.5 3.8 248 15 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.6 3.62 8 650 3834 8.4 -9.6 27 18.1 0.3 255 16 318.5 319.0 291.1 327.8 2.83 9 600 4488 2.4 -6.8 51 9.2 -1.9 267 21 318.9 319.6 292.1 331.3 3.83 10 550 5183 -3.9 -10.6 60 6.7 -6.7 271 24 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.7 3.10 11 500 5925 -10.9 -14.7 73 3.8 -12.2 277 28 319.8 320.3 291.1 328.0 2.45 12 450 6726 -16.2 -25.2 46 8.9 -18.4 288 30 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.7 1.10 13 400 7604 -21.0 -37.0 22 16.0 -23.6 299 27 327.8 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.40 14 350 8576 -27.9 -44.7 19 16.8 -29.8 309 22 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.20 15 300 9663 -37.2 -52.8 18 15.6 -38.2 309 24 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.09 16 250 10893 -47.9 -59.0 27 11.1 -48.3 304 26 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.05 17 200 12329 -56.8 -65.3 33 8.5 -57.0 277 29 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14133 -59.2 -77.9 7 18.7 -59.4 281 25 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16677 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 227 11 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.86 m Freezing level: 581.01 mb = 4752.24 m = 15591.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.14 mb = 3908.08 m = 12821.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.43 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.99 mb = 1072.30 m = 3518.00 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 24.31 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2222.99 m = 7293.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.70 C = 94.47 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -9.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 26.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3042.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.32 mb = 1423.65 m = 4670.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.32 mb = 3728.19 m = 12231.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.32 mb = 13410.04 m = 43995.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2997.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.7 neg: -19.7 tot: 321.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.47 Bulk Rich Number: 31.45 Bulk Shear: 96.76 m/s