MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.51,-94.58 Latitude: 43.51 Longitude: -94.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 969 382 31.3 25.4 71 5.9 26.8 161 8 307.2 311.3 301.0 372.5 21.54 2 950 557 29.0 23.6 73 5.4 25.0 164 9 306.6 310.3 299.8 366.0 19.68 3 900 1036 24.3 22.6 90 1.7 23.1 169 10 306.6 310.2 299.8 365.6 19.58 4 850 1536 21.6 16.4 72 5.2 17.9 210 12 308.8 311.4 296.8 351.0 13.93 5 800 2062 20.0 10.6 55 9.4 13.8 240 25 312.4 314.4 295.1 343.5 10.08 6 750 2615 16.3 7.9 57 8.4 11.0 264 23 314.2 315.9 294.8 342.0 8.93 7 700 3198 12.8 -8.0 23 20.8 3.0 309 21 316.7 317.2 290.7 326.4 2.99 8 650 3814 7.8 -6.2 36 14.0 1.0 322 29 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.8 3.70 9 600 4466 2.0 -10.2 40 12.2 -3.3 318 30 318.4 318.9 291.2 328.0 2.93 10 550 5161 -3.2 -18.6 29 15.4 -8.5 319 33 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.7 1.60 11 500 5907 -8.3 -25.0 25 16.6 -13.0 319 28 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.4 1.01 12 450 6715 -14.0 -30.5 23 16.5 -17.7 311 24 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.0 0.67 13 400 7597 -20.2 -41.6 13 21.4 -23.4 289 21 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.25 14 350 8572 -27.3 -50.2 9 23.0 -29.5 274 18 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 15 300 9663 -36.3 -55.7 12 19.4 -37.5 267 21 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 16 250 10902 -45.5 -64.4 10 19.0 -46.0 264 23 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12354 -55.7 -61.5 48 5.9 -55.8 213 27 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.05 18 150 14138 -63.0 -75.0 18 12.0 -63.1 295 23 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16653 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 264 11 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.39 m Freezing level: 581.04 mb = 4729.86 m = 15517.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.29 mb = 3962.14 m = 12998.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.69 % Est. max temperature: 35.07 C = 95.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.21 mb = 1131.98 m = 3713.81 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 46.05 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.94 mb = 1680.59 m = 5513.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -10.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.73 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4739.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 97.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.20 mb = 1320.66 m = 4332.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.20 mb = 2544.80 m = 8348.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.20 mb = 14296.99 m = 46905.56 ft B at Equ Level: 4738.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 267.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.26 Bulk Rich Number: 37.63 Bulk Shear: 125.96 m/s