MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.67,-95.32 Latitude: 42.67 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 969 424 27.2 22.3 75 4.9 23.6 155 9 303.1 306.4 297.9 355.9 17.79 2 950 600 26.3 20.3 69 6.1 22.0 160 16 303.9 306.9 296.9 351.4 15.95 3 900 1075 21.9 18.9 83 3.0 19.8 167 20 304.1 307.0 296.7 350.2 15.49 4 850 1569 17.8 15.7 88 2.1 16.4 183 23 304.8 307.3 295.4 344.7 13.35 5 800 2087 15.8 13.1 84 2.8 14.0 213 26 308.0 310.3 295.3 344.1 11.91 6 750 2634 13.9 10.1 78 3.8 11.4 220 26 311.7 313.6 295.2 343.7 10.41 7 700 3215 12.9 -6.2 26 19.1 3.6 252 18 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.0 3.44 8 650 3832 8.4 -4.6 39 13.0 1.9 272 20 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.1 4.19 9 600 4487 2.6 -5.6 55 8.2 -1.3 272 23 319.2 320.0 292.5 332.8 4.21 10 550 5183 -3.5 -10.4 59 6.9 -6.4 276 25 319.9 320.6 291.8 330.3 3.16 11 500 5926 -10.6 -13.4 80 2.8 -11.6 278 30 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.2 2.72 12 450 6729 -15.9 -27.4 37 11.5 -18.6 289 36 323.3 323.4 290.7 326.4 0.90 13 400 7606 -21.1 -36.2 24 15.1 -23.7 295 36 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.43 14 350 8578 -28.1 -38.7 35 10.6 -29.6 301 37 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.3 0.38 15 300 9665 -36.8 -51.0 22 14.2 -37.8 307 36 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 16 250 10898 -47.3 -56.0 36 8.7 -47.7 307 42 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 17 200 12335 -57.7 -64.9 40 7.2 -57.8 303 43 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 14140 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 277 32 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16686 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 238 15 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.39 m Freezing level: 578.46 mb = 4786.61 m = 15703.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.60 mb = 4210.73 m = 13814.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.80 mb = 1047.36 m = 3436.19 ft T: 22.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.67 C/km ThetaE index: 27.87 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.57 mb = 1512.26 m = 4961.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 26.29 C K Index: 25.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2489.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.73 mb = 1420.15 m = 4659.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.73 mb = 1672.52 m = 5487.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.73 mb = 1774.88 m = 5823.01 ft B at Equ Level: 3.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 769.73 mb = 2414.03 m = 7919.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.2 neg: -3.6 tot: 223.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.29 Bulk Rich Number: 25.96 Bulk Shear: 95.90 m/s