MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.57,-93.52 Latitude: 42.57 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 971 363 29.8 24.9 75 4.9 26.1 176 10 305.5 309.3 300.2 367.9 20.78 2 950 560 29.2 22.7 68 6.5 24.4 183 19 306.8 310.3 299.2 362.9 18.58 3 900 1040 24.9 20.7 78 4.2 21.9 193 25 307.2 310.5 298.6 359.6 17.38 4 850 1540 20.4 19.9 97 0.4 20.1 198 26 307.5 310.8 298.8 360.3 17.50 5 800 2062 18.3 14.0 76 4.3 15.4 240 27 310.7 313.1 296.5 349.3 12.66 6 750 2616 16.8 8.9 59 7.9 11.7 267 26 314.8 316.7 295.4 344.7 9.58 7 700 3199 12.8 -3.9 31 16.7 4.2 300 19 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.8 4.09 8 650 3815 8.0 -6.7 35 14.7 1.0 329 25 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.6 3.57 9 600 4468 2.4 -11.8 34 14.1 -3.6 328 28 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.4 2.59 10 550 5164 -2.9 -17.3 32 14.3 -8.1 330 32 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.7 1.79 11 500 5910 -8.4 -23.9 27 15.5 -12.9 325 26 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.7 1.11 12 450 6718 -13.9 -31.8 20 17.9 -17.8 311 22 325.8 325.9 291.1 328.0 0.59 13 400 7601 -20.2 -40.8 14 20.6 -23.3 303 22 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.27 14 350 8576 -27.1 -51.7 8 24.6 -29.3 292 16 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9668 -35.3 -59.1 7 23.8 -36.7 272 20 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.04 16 250 10913 -44.8 -61.6 14 16.8 -45.3 256 25 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.04 17 200 12367 -55.9 -61.3 50 5.5 -56.0 197 21 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14151 -63.2 -74.3 21 11.1 -63.3 311 20 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16660 -60.7 -86.4 2 25.7 -61.0 279 10 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.48 m Freezing level: 577.58 mb = 4779.95 m = 15682.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.39 mb = 3949.37 m = 12957.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.46 % Est. max temperature: 33.57 C = 92.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.97 mb = 990.95 m = 3251.12 ft T: 25.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 33.67 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1517.45 m = 4978.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -9.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -8.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 28.33 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4044.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.21 mb = 1445.33 m = 4741.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.21 mb = 1598.48 m = 5244.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 814.21 mb = 1910.52 m = 6268.04 ft B at Equ Level: 4.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.21 mb = 2454.80 m = 8053.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.8 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 322.8 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 363.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.32 Bulk Rich Number: 24.05 Bulk Shear: 168.19 m/s