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: 43.25,-93.7 Latitude: 43.25 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 968 387 29.6 26.0 81 3.6 26.9 142 7 305.5 309.7 301.1 372.9 22.37 2 950 556 28.9 24.3 76 4.6 25.4 158 12 306.5 310.4 300.3 368.4 20.52 3 900 1036 24.9 22.2 85 2.8 22.9 189 21 307.2 310.8 299.6 364.6 18.99 4 850 1536 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 202 24 308.0 311.4 299.4 363.4 18.29 5 800 2059 17.7 13.9 78 3.8 15.1 241 25 310.0 312.4 296.3 348.5 12.61 6 750 2611 16.1 9.6 65 6.5 11.9 276 23 314.1 316.0 295.6 345.3 10.04 7 700 3194 12.7 -6.9 25 19.6 3.3 312 20 316.6 317.2 290.9 327.2 3.27 8 650 3810 7.9 -7.2 33 15.1 0.8 331 29 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.43 9 600 4463 2.6 -15.8 24 18.4 -4.4 326 31 319.2 319.5 290.4 325.4 1.86 10 550 5159 -3.0 -15.1 39 12.1 -7.6 328 34 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.7 2.14 11 500 5905 -8.5 -25.9 23 17.4 -13.2 324 27 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.0 0.93 12 450 6713 -14.0 -31.3 22 17.3 -17.8 308 20 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.62 13 400 7596 -20.0 -43.9 10 23.9 -23.3 296 21 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.19 14 350 8571 -27.1 -53.4 6 26.2 -29.5 288 15 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 15 300 9662 -35.7 -59.0 7 23.2 -37.0 274 17 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.04 16 250 10905 -45.0 -61.6 14 16.6 -45.6 257 25 339.1 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12360 -55.5 -61.0 50 5.5 -55.6 213 32 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14145 -63.1 -73.8 22 10.7 -63.2 309 21 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16657 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 279 13 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.24 m Freezing level: 576.71 mb = 4787.51 m = 15706.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3904.71 m = 12810.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.98 mb = 840.82 m = 2758.56 ft T: 26.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 45.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1380.68 m = 4529.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.23 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -10.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -9.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.35 C Cross Totals Index: 29.10 C K Index: 30.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5023.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 100.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.03 mb = 1272.16 m = 4173.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.03 mb = 1525.53 m = 5004.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.03 mb = 14527.29 m = 47661.14 ft B at Equ Level: 4999.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.9 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 331.9 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 400.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.21 Bulk Rich Number: 29.29 Bulk Shear: 171.52 m/s