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: 43.30,-93.94 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 969 374 30.0 26.1 80 3.9 27.0 148 7 305.9 310.0 301.2 373.5 22.42 2 950 554 29.3 23.8 72 5.5 25.2 166 12 306.9 310.7 300.1 367.1 19.93 3 900 1034 25.1 22.0 83 3.1 22.8 190 19 307.4 310.9 299.5 364.3 18.81 4 850 1535 20.9 20.5 98 0.4 20.6 201 22 308.0 311.4 299.3 363.1 18.17 5 800 2058 18.5 13.0 70 5.5 14.8 244 24 310.9 313.1 296.0 347.2 11.86 6 750 2612 16.5 7.6 56 8.9 10.9 278 21 314.5 316.2 294.8 341.9 8.79 7 700 3195 13.2 -8.2 22 21.5 3.1 324 21 317.2 317.7 290.8 326.7 2.93 8 650 3811 8.0 -7.2 33 15.2 0.8 330 28 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.2 3.42 9 600 4465 2.8 -14.5 27 17.3 -4.0 327 32 319.4 319.8 290.7 326.3 2.07 10 550 5161 -3.2 -12.3 49 9.2 -6.9 326 34 320.3 320.8 291.5 329.3 2.70 11 500 5906 -8.7 -25.8 24 17.2 -13.3 326 27 322.5 322.6 290.5 325.7 0.93 12 450 6714 -14.1 -32.4 20 18.3 -18.0 314 21 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.56 13 400 7596 -20.1 -43.7 10 23.6 -23.4 300 21 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.20 14 350 8571 -27.2 -49.5 10 22.3 -29.4 292 17 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.12 15 300 9662 -35.8 -58.3 8 22.5 -37.0 275 18 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 16 250 10905 -45.0 -62.1 13 17.1 -45.6 252 25 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12360 -55.5 -62.3 43 6.8 -55.7 217 36 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14146 -63.1 -73.6 23 10.5 -63.2 309 22 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16657 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 276 13 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.10 m Freezing level: 576.37 mb = 4793.73 m = 15727.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.87 mb = 3914.22 m = 12841.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.85 C = 92.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.41 mb = 873.64 m = 2866.24 ft T: 26.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 46.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1420.80 m = 4661.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -10.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -9.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 29.20 C K Index: 28.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 513.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4905.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 99.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.54 mb = 1325.65 m = 4349.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.54 mb = 1477.82 m = 4848.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 135.54 mb = 14773.68 m = 48469.49 ft B at Equ Level: 4818.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.8 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 334.8 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 357.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.68 Bulk Rich Number: 30.59 Bulk Shear: 160.37 m/s