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,-96.06 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -96.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 965 451 26.6 22.4 78 4.2 23.5 151 9 302.7 306.1 297.9 355.9 17.94 2 950 592 25.3 21.3 78 4.0 22.4 154 14 302.9 306.1 297.4 353.4 17.04 3 900 1066 21.2 19.9 92 1.3 20.3 161 20 303.4 306.4 297.1 352.2 16.44 4 850 1560 18.4 15.9 86 2.5 16.7 196 27 305.4 307.9 295.7 345.9 13.52 5 800 2078 15.2 13.9 92 1.3 14.4 212 28 307.4 309.8 295.6 345.4 12.61 6 750 2624 13.3 9.3 77 4.0 10.7 227 29 311.0 312.9 294.6 341.2 9.84 7 700 3205 12.4 2.8 52 9.6 6.8 252 21 316.2 317.5 293.7 337.4 6.69 8 650 3822 7.9 0.4 59 7.5 3.7 258 21 317.9 319.0 293.6 337.2 6.05 9 600 4476 2.7 -7.6 47 10.3 -2.1 259 23 319.2 319.9 292.0 331.0 3.60 10 550 5171 -3.7 -11.1 57 7.3 -6.8 265 29 319.7 320.2 291.6 329.5 2.99 11 500 5914 -10.0 -17.4 55 7.4 -12.5 267 33 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.95 12 450 6717 -15.7 -27.9 34 12.1 -18.6 281 37 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.5 0.86 13 400 7596 -20.5 -40.4 15 20.0 -23.5 293 39 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.28 14 350 8569 -28.0 -41.6 26 13.6 -29.7 301 39 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.28 15 300 9655 -37.0 -47.0 35 9.9 -37.8 301 40 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.19 16 250 10887 -47.4 -56.4 35 9.0 -47.7 304 45 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.07 17 200 12322 -58.3 -64.3 46 6.0 -58.4 303 47 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 14126 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.5 -57.5 281 31 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16678 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 228 17 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.88 m Freezing level: 579.02 mb = 4767.52 m = 15641.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.01 mb = 4234.05 m = 13891.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.01 mb = 978.42 m = 3209.98 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 29.43 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1425.71 m = 4677.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -7.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2772.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.43 mb = 1245.90 m = 4087.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.43 mb = 1697.36 m = 5568.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.43 mb = 2777.86 m = 9113.62 ft B at Equ Level: 25.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.5 neg: -0.9 tot: 286.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.68 Bulk Rich Number: 25.55 Bulk Shear: 108.50 m/s