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: 43.16,-96.25 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -96.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 969 418 26.5 22.5 78 4.1 23.6 157 9 302.4 305.7 297.8 355.6 17.96 2 950 591 25.8 21.0 75 4.8 22.3 160 17 303.4 306.5 297.3 353.0 16.73 3 900 1065 21.5 19.5 89 2.0 20.1 165 21 303.6 306.6 296.9 351.3 16.06 4 850 1560 19.0 14.0 73 5.0 15.7 198 25 306.1 308.3 294.7 341.8 11.90 5 800 2078 15.3 14.7 96 0.7 14.9 208 28 307.5 310.0 296.1 347.5 13.25 6 750 2626 14.8 7.1 60 7.7 10.0 229 27 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.8 8.45 7 700 3209 12.7 2.3 49 10.5 6.7 257 23 316.6 317.8 293.6 337.0 6.44 8 650 3826 7.8 2.6 69 5.2 4.8 261 22 317.8 319.2 294.4 340.5 7.13 9 600 4480 2.8 -8.1 44 10.9 -2.2 264 23 319.4 320.0 291.9 330.7 3.46 10 550 5176 -3.5 -11.0 56 7.5 -6.7 265 27 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.8 3.00 11 500 5920 -9.9 -19.7 45 9.8 -13.0 266 32 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.5 1.61 12 450 6723 -15.6 -28.5 32 12.9 -18.6 283 37 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.81 13 400 7602 -20.8 -39.1 18 18.4 -23.6 292 37 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.32 14 350 8575 -28.1 -40.3 30 12.2 -29.7 299 35 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.33 15 300 9662 -36.8 -49.9 25 13.0 -37.8 300 37 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 16 250 10895 -47.3 -57.4 31 10.0 -47.7 303 42 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.07 17 200 12330 -57.9 -63.9 46 6.0 -58.0 302 44 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 14132 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 282 31 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 229 16 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.15 m Freezing level: 577.76 mb = 4789.71 m = 15714.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.69 mb = 4269.09 m = 14006.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.44 mb = 935.12 m = 3067.96 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.77 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1646.51 m = 5401.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 32.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2590.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.88 mb = 1319.87 m = 4330.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.88 mb = 1984.01 m = 6509.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.88 mb = 2305.60 m = 7564.22 ft B at Equ Level: 9.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 748.88 mb = 2638.93 m = 8657.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 267.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.82 Bulk Rich Number: 25.18 Bulk Shear: 102.89 m/s