MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.25,-95.38 Latitude: 43.25 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 966 448 23.7 21.7 89 2.0 22.3 138 7 299.8 302.9 296.7 350.1 17.20 2 950 597 24.9 21.0 79 3.9 22.1 152 21 302.5 305.6 297.1 352.0 16.74 3 900 1071 22.0 18.8 82 3.3 19.7 180 27 304.2 307.0 296.6 349.8 15.31 4 850 1565 17.9 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 192 29 304.9 307.7 296.4 349.1 14.81 5 800 2083 14.8 13.3 90 1.5 13.8 220 26 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.3 12.06 6 750 2630 13.7 10.0 78 3.8 11.3 241 28 311.5 313.4 295.1 343.2 10.31 7 700 3210 12.1 -0.9 41 13.0 5.1 256 23 315.9 316.9 292.3 332.3 5.14 8 650 3826 8.0 -5.2 39 13.2 1.5 258 22 318.0 318.8 292.0 330.9 3.99 9 600 4480 2.5 -8.5 44 10.9 -2.5 262 24 319.0 319.6 291.7 330.0 3.36 10 550 5175 -4.2 -10.1 63 5.9 -6.7 265 28 319.1 319.8 291.6 329.8 3.24 11 500 5917 -9.8 -18.7 48 8.9 -12.7 275 28 321.1 321.4 290.9 327.0 1.74 12 450 6722 -14.9 -31.4 23 16.5 -18.4 293 33 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.7 0.61 13 400 7603 -20.1 -40.8 14 20.7 -23.2 296 33 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 14 350 8576 -28.2 -42.0 25 13.8 -29.8 301 30 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 15 300 9663 -36.9 -48.5 29 11.5 -37.8 300 33 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 16 250 10895 -47.5 -54.8 43 7.2 -47.9 305 35 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.09 17 200 12330 -58.1 -64.2 46 6.0 -58.2 304 37 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 14133 -57.5 -81.0 3 23.5 -57.8 286 32 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 251 15 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.17 m Freezing level: 581.43 mb = 4738.24 m = 15545.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.37 mb = 4063.86 m = 13332.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.03 mb = 698.47 m = 2291.54 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 25.26 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.52 mb = 1489.09 m = 4885.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -7.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -6.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 27.14 C K Index: 32.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2464.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.49 mb = 1309.69 m = 4296.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.49 mb = 1661.34 m = 5450.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 760.49 mb = 2512.19 m = 8241.98 ft B at Equ Level: 23.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 690.49 mb = 3324.08 m = 10905.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 349.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.14 Bulk Rich Number: 19.46 Bulk Shear: 126.65 m/s