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: 43.97,-97.38 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -97.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 958 499 28.8 23.3 72 5.5 24.7 169 12 305.6 309.2 299.2 362.9 19.10 2 950 576 28.0 22.7 73 5.3 24.0 170 14 305.6 309.0 299.0 361.2 18.55 3 900 1053 23.3 21.4 89 1.9 22.0 174 20 305.6 308.9 298.7 360.0 18.15 4 850 1551 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 193 27 307.0 310.0 297.8 355.6 16.15 5 800 2074 19.3 14.5 74 4.8 16.0 223 29 311.7 314.2 297.0 351.8 13.06 6 750 2629 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.6 238 25 314.6 316.9 297.0 351.8 12.00 7 700 3213 12.7 6.9 68 5.8 9.1 254 20 316.5 318.2 295.4 344.6 8.96 8 650 3830 7.4 4.3 81 3.1 5.5 258 21 317.3 318.9 295.0 342.7 8.04 9 600 4484 2.4 -5.6 55 8.0 -1.5 258 21 318.9 319.7 292.4 332.5 4.19 10 550 5179 -3.5 -11.4 54 7.9 -6.8 257 23 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.5 2.91 11 500 5922 -10.3 -14.8 70 4.5 -12.0 260 28 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.5 2.42 12 450 6725 -15.7 -26.3 40 10.6 -18.3 278 29 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.0 0.99 13 400 7603 -20.7 -37.6 21 16.9 -23.5 289 28 328.1 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.38 14 350 8577 -28.0 -41.8 25 13.9 -29.7 295 24 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.28 15 300 9664 -37.2 -47.8 32 10.6 -38.0 297 27 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 16 250 10893 -48.1 -56.5 37 8.4 -48.4 294 32 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12328 -57.4 -65.6 35 8.2 -57.5 293 28 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14131 -59.4 -78.2 7 18.8 -59.6 285 25 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16672 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 223 14 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.02 m Freezing level: 579.72 mb = 4765.71 m = 15635.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.69 mb = 4339.45 m = 14236.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.70 % Est. max temperature: 33.98 C = 93.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.39 mb = 1195.82 m = 3923.23 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 24.85 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1457.39 m = 4781.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -10.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -9.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 29.03 C K Index: 43.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 650.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4150.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.38 mb = 1344.61 m = 4411.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.38 mb = 3147.94 m = 10327.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.38 mb = 13909.96 m = 45635.81 ft B at Equ Level: 4096.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 227.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.78 Bulk Rich Number: 57.89 Bulk Shear: 71.70 m/s