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,-96.14 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -96.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 446 26.4 22.4 79 4.0 23.5 150 9 302.5 305.8 297.8 355.5 17.89 2 950 592 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 153 14 302.8 306.0 297.4 353.5 17.10 3 900 1065 21.2 19.9 92 1.3 20.3 162 20 303.4 306.4 297.1 352.2 16.43 4 850 1559 18.5 15.4 82 3.1 16.4 197 27 305.6 308.0 295.4 344.7 13.07 5 800 2077 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.4 211 28 307.3 309.7 295.7 345.8 12.74 6 750 2624 13.5 8.9 74 4.5 10.6 228 29 311.2 313.0 294.5 340.8 9.62 7 700 3205 12.3 3.6 55 8.7 7.2 252 22 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.5 7.09 8 650 3822 7.9 0.6 60 7.3 3.8 258 20 317.9 319.1 293.7 337.5 6.16 9 600 4476 2.7 -8.2 44 10.9 -2.3 260 23 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.5 3.42 10 550 5171 -3.7 -11.0 57 7.2 -6.7 265 29 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.6 3.01 11 500 5914 -10.0 -16.7 58 6.7 -12.3 266 33 320.8 321.2 291.1 327.8 2.06 12 450 6717 -15.7 -28.3 33 12.6 -18.6 281 37 323.6 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.83 13 400 7596 -20.5 -39.6 16 19.2 -23.4 292 39 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.31 14 350 8569 -28.0 -41.2 27 13.2 -29.6 301 38 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.30 15 300 9656 -37.0 -47.1 34 10.1 -37.8 301 40 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.18 16 250 10888 -47.4 -56.6 34 9.3 -47.7 304 45 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12323 -58.3 -64.2 47 5.9 -58.3 303 47 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 14126 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 281 31 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16678 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 228 17 414.5 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.42 m Freezing level: 578.92 mb = 4769.01 m = 15646.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.74 mb = 4224.43 m = 13859.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.41 mb = 954.72 m = 3132.25 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 19.29 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1462.37 m = 4797.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2743.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.55 mb = 1244.06 m = 4081.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.55 mb = 1798.28 m = 5899.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.55 mb = 2776.18 m = 9108.08 ft B at Equ Level: 22.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 271.8 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): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 289.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.65 Bulk Rich Number: 24.99 Bulk Shear: 109.78 m/s