MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.67,-97.2 Latitude: 43.67 Longitude: -97.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 957 480 28.0 21.8 69 6.3 23.5 176 13 305.0 308.2 298.1 357.0 17.39 2 950 547 27.5 21.1 68 6.4 22.8 177 16 305.1 308.2 297.8 355.3 16.79 3 900 1024 22.9 19.7 82 3.2 20.6 183 23 305.1 308.1 297.4 353.7 16.25 4 850 1520 18.5 17.8 96 0.7 18.0 195 23 305.5 308.3 296.9 351.2 15.26 5 800 2039 16.9 6.1 49 10.8 10.4 250 16 309.2 310.6 292.2 331.9 7.39 6 750 2585 13.0 -1.2 37 14.2 5.6 282 18 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.3 4.67 7 700 3160 8.7 -5.8 35 14.5 1.8 304 24 312.1 312.8 289.8 323.4 3.55 8 650 3767 4.2 -7.2 43 11.4 -1.0 307 31 313.7 314.4 290.2 324.7 3.44 9 600 4413 -0.4 -15.3 31 14.9 -6.0 305 28 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.0 1.94 10 550 5102 -4.6 -23.0 22 18.3 -10.1 299 24 318.6 318.8 289.5 322.3 1.09 11 500 5844 -9.3 -33.9 12 24.6 -14.6 294 21 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.3 0.44 12 450 6650 -15.6 -34.2 19 18.6 -19.2 289 17 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.47 13 400 7524 -22.7 -38.4 23 15.6 -25.1 296 16 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.35 14 350 8488 -30.6 -43.2 28 12.5 -32.0 275 18 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.24 15 300 9562 -38.6 -52.4 22 13.7 -39.4 260 15 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.10 16 250 10795 -45.8 -61.8 15 16.0 -46.3 284 20 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.04 17 200 12255 -52.3 -68.0 13 15.7 -52.7 297 22 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14116 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 313 23 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16673 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 332 10 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.19 m Freezing level: 604.63 mb = 4353.02 m = 14281.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.36 mb = 3551.40 m = 11651.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.99 mb = 1278.15 m = 4193.35 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 33.56 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1475.92 m = 4842.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.90 C Showalter Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 27.07 C K Index: 31.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 545.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3140.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.19 mb = 1436.47 m = 4712.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.19 mb = 1588.59 m = 5211.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 833.19 mb = 1690.81 m = 5547.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 813.19 mb = 1898.98 m = 6230.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.1 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 312.1 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 204.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.48 Bulk Rich Number: 22.66 Bulk Shear: 138.57 m/s