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: 43.72,-95.93 Latitude: 43.72 Longitude: -95.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 960 498 24.4 21.8 85 2.7 22.5 151 9 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.1 17.35 2 950 594 24.1 21.2 84 2.9 22.0 153 12 301.6 304.7 297.0 351.5 16.91 3 900 1066 20.6 19.5 93 1.2 19.8 168 21 302.8 305.7 296.7 350.2 16.02 4 850 1559 17.9 15.6 87 2.2 16.4 203 30 304.9 307.3 295.4 344.4 13.24 5 800 2077 15.3 14.5 95 0.8 14.7 213 29 307.4 309.9 296.0 346.9 13.07 6 750 2623 12.7 11.7 94 1.0 12.1 224 29 310.4 312.6 295.7 346.0 11.64 7 700 3203 12.2 -2.3 36 14.5 4.6 251 20 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.8 4.62 8 650 3819 7.9 -2.9 46 10.8 2.3 261 20 317.9 318.9 292.6 333.2 4.75 9 600 4473 2.5 -6.7 51 9.2 -1.8 260 24 319.0 319.8 292.2 331.6 3.87 10 550 5168 -3.9 -9.8 63 6.0 -6.4 263 29 319.5 320.2 291.8 330.3 3.29 11 500 5910 -10.3 -16.0 63 5.7 -12.2 267 34 320.5 321.0 291.1 327.9 2.20 12 450 6713 -15.8 -27.9 35 12.1 -18.6 280 36 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.85 13 400 7591 -20.5 -39.0 17 18.5 -23.4 294 39 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.33 14 350 8564 -28.1 -41.2 27 13.1 -29.7 301 41 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.30 15 300 9651 -37.2 -47.2 34 10.1 -37.9 302 42 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.18 16 250 10882 -47.6 -55.5 40 7.9 -47.9 304 47 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.08 17 200 12316 -58.5 -64.5 46 6.0 -58.6 304 48 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 14122 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.1 280 31 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16677 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 225 17 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.51 m Freezing level: 580.23 mb = 4747.63 m = 15576.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.90 mb = 4179.83 m = 13713.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.27 mb = 833.80 m = 2735.52 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1404.11 m = 4606.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 29.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2412.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.67 mb = 1214.36 m = 3984.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.67 mb = 1869.51 m = 6133.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.67 mb = 2739.23 m = 8986.86 ft B at Equ Level: 18.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 689.67 mb = 3326.46 m = 10913.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.8 neg: -4.7 tot: 287.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.23 Bulk Rich Number: 22.47 Bulk Shear: 107.38 m/s