MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 43.33,-99.30 Latitude: 43.33 Longitude: -99.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 540 SFC 945 584 24.0 18.9 73 5.1 20.4 140 11 302.0 304.7 295.6 345.3 14.68 3 900 1012 20.4 17.5 83 3.0 18.4 152 23 302.5 305.1 295.3 344.2 14.08 4 850 1503 16.3 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 159 24 303.3 305.8 295.3 344.0 13.72 5 800 2018 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 188 24 305.7 308.0 294.9 342.4 12.23 6 750 2562 11.9 8.5 80 3.4 9.8 223 20 309.5 311.3 293.8 338.0 9.33 7 700 3136 7.9 2.8 70 5.1 5.1 247 19 311.3 312.5 292.3 332.1 6.72 8 650 3743 3.9 -1.3 69 5.2 1.2 255 22 313.4 314.4 291.8 330.2 5.35 9 600 4389 -0.3 -4.5 73 4.2 -2.3 258 22 315.8 316.7 291.8 330.4 4.56 10 550 5080 -4.2 -11.4 57 7.2 -7.1 264 20 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.7 2.91 11 500 5825 -8.5 -19.1 42 10.6 -12.0 276 20 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.4 1.68 12 450 6634 -14.4 -23.7 45 9.3 -16.9 284 19 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.6 1.26 13 400 7514 -20.1 -42.7 11 22.6 -23.3 280 15 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.8 0.22 14 350 8491 -26.4 -53.9 6 27.5 -28.9 280 18 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.07 15 300 9586 -34.7 -61.4 5 26.8 -36.1 278 21 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.6 0.03 16 250 10834 -44.0 -63.3 10 19.3 -44.6 290 35 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 17 200 12303 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 293 70 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14133 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.0 301 62 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16644 -63.1 -86.3 3 23.2 -63.3 317 27 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.70 m Freezing level: 603.42 mb = 4344.73 m = 14254.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.05 mb = 3956.26 m = 12979.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.92 mb = 1234.92 m = 4051.52 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 15.03 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1465.41 m = 4807.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.22 C = 77.40 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1003.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.90 mb = 1393.34 m = 4571.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.90 mb = 1543.95 m = 5065.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 765.90 mb = 2384.84 m = 7824.19 ft B at Equ Level: 11.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.90 mb = 14305.04 m = 46931.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 10.54 Bulk Shear: 95.19 m/s