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: 43.33,-95.99 Latitude: 43.33 Longitude: -95.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 967 440 26.8 22.5 77 4.3 23.7 154 10 302.9 306.2 298.0 356.4 18.06 2 950 593 25.8 21.3 76 4.5 22.5 157 15 303.3 306.5 297.4 353.7 16.97 3 900 1067 21.4 19.5 89 1.9 20.1 164 21 303.5 306.5 296.9 351.2 16.05 4 850 1561 18.2 15.8 86 2.4 16.5 193 26 305.2 307.7 295.6 345.2 13.38 5 800 2079 15.5 14.9 96 0.6 15.1 212 27 307.7 310.2 296.3 348.3 13.46 6 750 2626 14.3 11.5 83 2.8 12.4 226 30 312.1 314.3 296.0 347.3 11.44 7 700 3208 12.5 1.3 46 11.3 6.2 253 22 316.4 317.5 293.2 335.4 6.00 8 650 3824 7.7 2.1 67 5.7 4.5 260 21 317.7 319.0 294.2 339.5 6.86 9 600 4478 2.6 -7.0 49 9.6 -1.9 261 23 319.2 319.9 292.1 331.5 3.78 10 550 5174 -3.7 -11.4 55 7.8 -6.8 266 28 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.3 2.90 11 500 5917 -10.0 -18.5 50 8.6 -12.8 267 33 320.9 321.2 290.8 326.9 1.77 12 450 6720 -15.9 -27.3 37 11.5 -18.6 281 37 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.5 0.90 13 400 7598 -20.5 -41.1 14 20.6 -23.6 293 39 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.26 14 350 8571 -28.1 -41.5 26 13.5 -29.7 301 38 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.29 15 300 9658 -37.0 -47.9 31 10.9 -37.8 301 39 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.17 16 250 10890 -47.3 -56.5 34 9.1 -47.7 304 45 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12325 -58.2 -64.1 46 5.9 -58.3 303 46 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.03 18 150 14129 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.6 281 30 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 228 16 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.32 m Freezing level: 579.09 mb = 4769.11 m = 15646.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.82 mb = 4278.78 m = 14037.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.55 mb = 983.96 m = 3228.19 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 12.88 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1442.44 m = 4732.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.74 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 517.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2703.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.99 mb = 1290.60 m = 4234.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.99 mb = 1641.67 m = 5386.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.99 mb = 2381.18 m = 7812.16 ft B at Equ Level: 10.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 721.99 mb = 2946.86 m = 9668.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 277.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.24 Bulk Rich Number: 25.55 Bulk Shear: 105.81 m/s