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,-96.28 Latitude: 43.33 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 968 425 26.4 22.4 79 4.0 23.5 153 9 302.3 305.6 297.7 355.2 17.87 2 950 591 25.5 21.3 78 4.2 22.5 157 16 303.1 306.2 297.4 353.6 17.05 3 900 1064 21.3 19.5 90 1.8 20.1 162 21 303.5 306.4 296.9 351.2 16.07 4 850 1559 18.7 14.1 74 4.6 15.7 198 26 305.8 308.0 294.7 341.7 12.00 5 800 2077 15.2 14.8 97 0.5 14.9 209 28 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.5 13.31 6 750 2625 14.8 8.5 66 6.3 10.9 229 28 312.6 314.4 294.7 341.6 9.35 7 700 3207 12.4 3.3 54 9.1 7.1 255 23 316.2 317.5 293.9 338.1 6.92 8 650 3824 7.7 3.1 72 4.6 5.0 259 21 317.7 319.1 294.6 341.0 7.36 9 600 4478 2.7 -8.5 43 11.2 -2.4 263 24 319.3 319.9 291.8 330.3 3.36 10 550 5174 -3.6 -10.8 57 7.3 -6.6 265 28 319.8 320.4 291.7 329.9 3.04 11 500 5917 -9.9 -18.0 52 8.0 -12.6 266 33 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.2 1.86 12 450 6720 -15.5 -28.2 33 12.7 -18.5 283 37 323.7 323.9 290.7 326.7 0.83 13 400 7599 -20.6 -37.9 20 17.3 -23.4 291 38 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.37 14 350 8572 -28.1 -40.0 31 11.9 -29.6 300 36 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.34 15 300 9659 -36.9 -48.8 28 11.9 -37.8 300 38 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.15 16 250 10892 -47.3 -57.5 30 10.1 -47.7 303 44 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12327 -58.1 -63.7 48 5.6 -58.2 302 45 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 14129 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 281 31 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16679 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 229 16 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.28 m Freezing level: 578.30 mb = 4779.83 m = 15681.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.00 mb = 4262.79 m = 13985.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.39 mb = 935.03 m = 3067.63 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1574.29 m = 5164.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2608.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.56 mb = 1282.69 m = 4208.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.56 mb = 1839.18 m = 6033.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.56 mb = 2264.18 m = 7428.31 ft B at Equ Level: 11.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 742.56 mb = 2709.09 m = 8887.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 272.2 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): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 281.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.13 Bulk Rich Number: 23.98 Bulk Shear: 108.78 m/s