MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-95.79 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 965 435 25.5 23.9 91 1.7 24.3 143 18 301.7 305.3 298.7 359.8 19.65 2 950 575 24.3 23.0 92 1.3 23.3 143 27 301.8 305.3 298.2 357.6 18.89 3 900 1048 22.2 20.7 92 1.4 21.2 156 45 304.3 307.6 298.0 356.2 17.38 4 850 1545 19.8 19.4 98 0.4 19.5 174 41 306.9 310.1 298.3 357.9 16.95 5 800 2068 17.4 16.3 93 1.1 16.7 205 34 309.7 312.5 297.7 354.7 14.78 6 750 2617 14.1 11.0 82 3.0 12.1 226 35 311.8 313.9 295.7 345.9 11.08 7 700 3198 12.3 2.0 49 10.3 6.4 253 29 316.1 317.3 293.3 336.1 6.32 8 650 3814 7.8 0.1 58 7.7 3.6 263 29 317.8 319.0 293.5 336.8 5.96 9 600 4468 2.3 -4.5 61 6.8 -1.0 265 33 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.6 4.57 10 550 5164 -3.3 -12.1 50 8.8 -6.8 265 36 320.2 320.8 291.5 329.4 2.75 11 500 5908 -9.5 -20.3 41 10.8 -12.9 269 39 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.6 1.52 12 450 6715 -14.2 -30.3 24 16.2 -17.8 283 37 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.68 13 400 7598 -19.5 -43.0 11 23.5 -22.9 291 35 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.21 14 350 8576 -26.6 -44.3 17 17.7 -28.7 302 30 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.21 15 300 9668 -35.8 -53.6 14 17.8 -37.0 311 30 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.09 16 250 10908 -45.7 -60.6 17 14.9 -46.2 330 30 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12354 -56.7 -66.2 29 9.5 -56.9 325 30 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 14150 -61.2 -75.1 14 13.8 -61.4 289 24 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16684 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 241 8 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.32 m Freezing level: 579.08 mb = 4759.30 m = 15614.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.18 mb = 4317.43 m = 14164.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.75 mb = 641.96 m = 2106.13 ft T: 23.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 21.84 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1343.71 m = 4408.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -9.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -9.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 28.94 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 689.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3316.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.93 mb = 1068.33 m = 3504.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.93 mb = 2251.41 m = 7386.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.93 mb = 13633.50 m = 44728.80 ft B at Equ Level: 3302.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 621.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 621.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.12 Bulk Rich Number: 12.00 Bulk Shear: 276.32 m/s