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: 43.3,-93.83 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 969 382 29.7 26.0 81 3.7 26.9 144 7 305.6 309.8 301.1 373.2 22.40 2 950 554 29.1 24.1 75 4.9 25.3 160 12 306.7 310.5 300.2 368.0 20.33 3 900 1035 25.0 22.1 84 2.9 22.9 190 19 307.3 310.8 299.5 364.5 18.94 4 850 1535 20.9 20.7 99 0.2 20.8 202 23 308.0 311.5 299.4 363.6 18.34 5 800 2059 18.1 13.5 74 4.6 15.0 243 24 310.5 312.8 296.2 347.9 12.26 6 750 2611 16.3 8.5 60 7.8 11.4 278 22 314.3 316.1 295.1 343.4 9.34 7 700 3194 13.0 -7.6 23 20.6 3.2 318 21 316.9 317.4 290.8 326.9 3.08 8 650 3811 8.0 -7.4 33 15.4 0.7 330 29 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.0 3.36 9 600 4464 2.8 -15.8 24 18.7 -4.3 327 31 319.4 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.85 10 550 5160 -3.1 -12.9 47 9.8 -7.0 327 35 320.4 320.9 291.4 328.9 2.57 11 500 5905 -8.6 -25.3 25 16.7 -13.2 325 27 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.0 0.98 12 450 6713 -14.1 -30.8 23 16.8 -17.8 311 20 325.5 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.65 13 400 7596 -20.0 -43.5 10 23.5 -23.3 297 21 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.20 14 350 8571 -27.2 -50.8 9 23.6 -29.5 290 16 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 15 300 9662 -35.8 -58.5 8 22.7 -37.0 275 17 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 16 250 10905 -45.0 -62.1 13 17.1 -45.6 254 25 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 17 200 12360 -55.5 -61.9 45 6.3 -55.7 216 34 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14146 -63.1 -74.3 21 11.2 -63.2 309 22 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16657 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 277 13 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.08 m Freezing level: 576.28 mb = 4794.14 m = 15728.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.83 mb = 3901.22 m = 12799.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.16 mb = 847.77 m = 2781.37 ft T: 26.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 46.27 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.26 mb = 1389.65 m = 4559.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -10.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -10.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 29.30 C K Index: 29.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 517.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4994.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 99.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.59 mb = 1285.62 m = 4217.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.59 mb = 1437.05 m = 4714.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.59 mb = 14590.98 m = 47870.09 ft B at Equ Level: 4954.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.53 Bulk Rich Number: 29.85 Bulk Shear: 167.32 m/s