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: 43.19,-95.93 Latitude: 43.19 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 119 SFC 965 436 25.6 23.9 91 1.7 24.4 147 18 301.8 305.4 298.7 360.2 19.73 2 950 571 24.5 23.0 91 1.5 23.4 147 28 302.1 305.5 298.3 358.0 18.92 3 900 1044 21.9 20.7 93 1.2 21.1 159 45 304.1 307.3 297.8 355.7 17.33 4 850 1541 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.5 180 42 307.1 310.3 298.2 357.8 16.81 5 800 2064 17.3 15.5 89 1.9 16.0 210 38 309.6 312.2 297.1 352.0 13.94 6 750 2613 14.2 9.8 75 4.4 11.4 229 37 312.0 313.9 295.1 343.4 10.20 7 700 3194 12.2 3.9 57 8.2 7.3 251 31 315.9 317.3 294.0 338.9 7.27 8 650 3810 7.6 0.9 63 6.7 3.8 261 32 317.5 318.7 293.7 337.5 6.29 9 600 4463 2.3 -5.4 56 7.8 -1.4 263 36 318.8 319.7 292.4 332.6 4.26 10 550 5159 -3.3 -13.3 46 10.0 -7.2 263 39 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.6 2.50 11 500 5904 -9.3 -19.4 44 10.1 -12.6 266 41 321.6 322.0 290.9 327.3 1.64 12 450 6711 -14.0 -29.0 27 14.9 -17.6 280 37 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.4 0.78 13 400 7595 -19.2 -40.3 14 21.2 -22.5 291 34 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.28 14 350 8574 -26.3 -45.2 15 18.9 -28.6 305 29 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 15 300 9666 -35.6 -54.8 12 19.2 -36.8 317 28 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.07 16 250 10908 -45.6 -58.5 22 13.0 -46.0 340 29 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12354 -56.8 -65.6 32 8.8 -56.9 335 31 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14149 -61.5 -75.4 14 13.9 -61.7 293 23 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.7 234 8 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.78 m Freezing level: 579.06 mb = 4754.82 m = 15599.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.70 mb = 4279.10 m = 14038.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.02 mb = 644.69 m = 2115.11 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 30.54 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1374.92 m = 4510.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -9.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.37 C Cross Totals Index: 28.65 C K Index: 40.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 686.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3268.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.31 mb = 1070.19 m = 3511.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.31 mb = 2145.84 m = 7040.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.31 mb = 13656.66 m = 44804.75 ft B at Equ Level: 3254.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 672.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 672.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 224.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.55 Bulk Shear: 282.92 m/s