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: 43.49,-95.69 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -95.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 962 481 26.3 22.1 78 4.1 23.2 150 10 302.7 306.0 297.7 355.1 17.68 2 950 595 25.3 21.0 77 4.4 22.2 153 14 302.9 306.0 297.1 352.3 16.68 3 900 1068 21.1 19.5 90 1.6 19.9 166 22 303.2 306.2 296.8 350.7 16.01 4 850 1562 17.9 16.1 89 1.8 16.7 196 26 304.9 307.4 295.7 345.9 13.71 5 800 2080 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 217 27 307.5 309.9 295.6 345.5 12.59 6 750 2626 12.7 10.4 86 2.3 11.2 225 28 310.3 312.4 295.0 342.8 10.62 7 700 3206 12.5 -4.2 31 16.7 4.0 253 20 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.2 3.99 8 650 3822 7.8 -1.0 54 8.8 3.1 260 21 317.8 318.8 293.2 335.3 5.48 9 600 4476 2.4 -4.0 63 6.3 -0.8 261 23 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.2 4.76 10 550 5171 -3.7 -10.2 61 6.4 -6.5 263 29 319.6 320.3 291.7 330.2 3.21 11 500 5914 -10.1 -20.6 42 10.5 -13.3 269 33 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.48 12 450 6717 -16.2 -25.0 47 8.7 -18.4 281 37 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.8 1.12 13 400 7594 -20.6 -43.4 11 22.8 -23.8 294 39 328.2 328.2 291.4 329.0 0.20 14 350 8567 -28.1 -42.9 23 14.8 -29.8 301 41 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.25 15 300 9653 -37.1 -47.5 33 10.4 -37.9 302 42 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.17 16 250 10884 -47.5 -55.6 39 8.1 -47.9 304 47 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.08 17 200 12319 -58.5 -64.8 44 6.3 -58.6 304 48 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 14126 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.2 280 30 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 226 16 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.92 m Freezing level: 580.58 mb = 4746.17 m = 15571.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.35 mb = 4336.43 m = 14226.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.35 mb = 1006.98 m = 3303.69 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 25.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1426.21 m = 4679.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 27.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2601.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.53 mb = 1286.77 m = 4221.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.53 mb = 1637.42 m = 5372.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.53 mb = 2823.98 m = 9264.91 ft B at Equ Level: 21.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 682.53 mb = 3416.30 m = 11208.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 269.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.20 Bulk Rich Number: 23.46 Bulk Shear: 110.89 m/s