MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.24,-93.15 Latitude: 43.24 Longitude: -93.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 977 359 23.8 21.5 87 2.3 22.1 170 8 298.9 302.0 296.1 347.6 16.71 2 950 603 24.1 20.2 79 3.9 21.3 182 25 301.6 304.5 296.3 348.4 15.88 3 900 1074 20.4 18.1 87 2.3 18.8 195 29 302.6 305.3 295.7 346.0 14.68 4 850 1568 18.3 14.5 78 3.9 15.7 225 29 305.3 307.6 294.8 342.0 12.27 5 800 2085 14.7 14.2 97 0.4 14.4 238 22 306.8 309.2 295.6 345.5 12.87 6 750 2631 13.1 11.4 89 1.7 12.0 247 21 310.8 312.9 295.6 345.5 11.36 7 700 3209 10.4 0.6 51 9.8 5.0 275 13 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.0 5.71 8 650 3821 6.2 -5.9 41 12.1 0.4 313 24 315.9 316.7 291.2 328.1 3.77 9 600 4471 0.7 -4.1 70 4.8 -1.7 290 30 316.9 317.8 292.3 332.0 4.70 10 550 5163 -5.0 -6.6 89 1.6 -5.8 292 38 318.1 318.9 292.2 331.8 4.24 11 500 5904 -10.6 -15.7 66 5.2 -12.4 292 38 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.24 12 450 6708 -13.9 -31.8 20 17.9 -17.8 299 30 325.8 325.9 291.1 328.0 0.59 13 400 7593 -19.8 -41.3 13 21.5 -23.1 306 29 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.26 14 350 8568 -27.5 -49.9 10 22.4 -29.6 307 30 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.11 15 300 9657 -36.5 -57.1 10 20.7 -37.7 299 31 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 16 250 10892 -46.2 -62.1 15 15.9 -46.7 278 33 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.04 17 200 12343 -55.4 -67.2 21 11.9 -55.6 254 45 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14162 -58.2 -77.0 7 18.8 -58.4 241 29 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 231 12 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.27 m Freezing level: 594.00 mb = 4554.02 m = 14940.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.95 mb = 3935.07 m = 12910.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.88 mb = 649.97 m = 2132.44 ft T: 23.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 17.44 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1664.38 m = 5460.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1667.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.45 mb = 1205.35 m = 3954.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.45 mb = 3553.14 m = 11657.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.45 mb = 12619.21 m = 41401.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1647.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.45 mb = 15479.80 m = 50786.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.8 neg: -28.2 tot: 270.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.09 Bulk Rich Number: 11.16 Bulk Shear: 149.38 m/s