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: 43.65,-96.63 Latitude: 43.65 Longitude: -96.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 964 457 25.3 21.3 78 4.0 22.4 153 9 301.6 304.7 296.8 350.9 16.74 2 950 589 24.6 20.5 78 4.1 21.6 157 15 302.1 305.1 296.6 349.9 16.17 3 900 1061 20.7 19.1 91 1.6 19.6 169 23 302.8 305.7 296.4 349.2 15.65 4 850 1554 18.4 14.3 77 4.1 15.6 205 28 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.6 12.11 5 800 2072 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 211 30 307.3 309.8 296.2 348.1 13.55 6 750 2620 14.8 8.7 67 6.2 10.9 227 26 312.7 314.5 294.8 341.8 9.43 7 700 3202 12.2 4.8 61 7.3 7.8 254 20 316.0 317.4 294.4 340.3 7.75 8 650 3819 8.2 -3.5 43 11.7 2.2 256 20 318.3 319.1 292.5 332.9 4.53 9 600 4473 2.8 -9.0 42 11.8 -2.5 260 25 319.3 319.9 291.7 329.9 3.22 10 550 5169 -3.7 -11.5 55 7.8 -6.9 261 31 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.3 2.89 11 500 5912 -10.1 -17.4 55 7.3 -12.6 271 32 320.7 321.1 290.9 327.3 1.95 12 450 6715 -15.3 -28.2 32 12.9 -18.3 281 37 324.0 324.1 290.8 326.9 0.83 13 400 7595 -20.1 -39.6 16 19.5 -23.2 290 37 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.0 0.31 14 350 8569 -28.1 -40.3 30 12.2 -29.7 298 36 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.33 15 300 9656 -36.9 -48.3 30 11.4 -37.8 299 39 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 16 250 10889 -47.3 -57.2 32 9.8 -47.7 302 43 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.07 17 200 12323 -58.3 -63.7 49 5.5 -58.3 302 45 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 18 150 14125 -57.4 -82.0 3 24.6 -57.6 281 31 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16676 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 229 17 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.30 m Freezing level: 578.66 mb = 4769.91 m = 15649.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4117.65 m = 13509.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.42 mb = 969.94 m = 3182.19 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 21.23 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1645.24 m = 5397.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 474.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2110.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.29 mb = 1291.48 m = 4237.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.29 mb = 4188.10 m = 13740.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.29 mb = 12938.55 m = 42448.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2086.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.29 mb = 16003.03 m = 52502.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.9 neg: -2.0 tot: 266.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.45 Bulk Rich Number: 19.88 Bulk Shear: 106.17 m/s