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: 43.36,-93.74 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 385 29.0 26.1 85 2.8 26.9 135 8 304.9 309.1 301.0 372.7 22.55 2 950 555 28.0 24.7 82 3.3 25.6 149 12 305.6 309.6 300.4 369.1 21.07 3 900 1035 24.7 22.5 87 2.3 23.0 189 20 307.0 310.6 299.7 365.4 19.35 4 850 1535 20.9 20.4 97 0.5 20.6 202 23 308.0 311.4 299.2 362.7 18.06 5 800 2058 17.9 13.1 73 4.9 14.7 245 24 310.3 312.5 295.8 346.6 11.90 6 750 2611 16.2 8.6 61 7.6 11.4 278 22 314.2 316.0 295.1 343.5 9.42 7 700 3193 12.7 -7.2 24 20.0 3.2 314 20 316.6 317.2 290.8 326.9 3.17 8 650 3810 8.0 -7.5 33 15.5 0.7 330 30 318.0 318.7 291.4 329.0 3.35 9 600 4463 2.8 -15.9 24 18.6 -4.4 326 31 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.5 1.85 10 550 5159 -3.1 -13.9 43 10.8 -7.2 327 35 320.5 320.9 291.3 328.4 2.38 11 500 5904 -8.6 -25.3 24 16.8 -13.2 325 27 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.0 0.97 12 450 6712 -14.1 -30.7 23 16.7 -17.8 310 20 325.5 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.66 13 400 7595 -20.0 -44.0 10 24.0 -23.3 295 20 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.19 14 350 8570 -27.1 -52.5 7 25.4 -29.5 287 15 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 15 300 9661 -35.8 -59.1 7 23.3 -37.1 274 17 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 16 250 10904 -45.0 -62.2 13 17.1 -45.6 257 25 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12359 -55.5 -61.5 47 6.0 -55.6 216 34 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14144 -63.1 -74.0 22 10.9 -63.2 308 22 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16656 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 278 13 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.26 m Freezing level: 576.27 mb = 4792.96 m = 15724.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.91 mb = 3899.02 m = 12791.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.45 C = 92.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.23 mb = 741.96 m = 2434.23 ft T: 26.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 45.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.19 mb = 1319.80 m = 4330.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -11.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -9.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 28.99 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5130.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 101.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.53 mb = 1176.89 m = 3861.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.53 mb = 1427.51 m = 4683.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.53 mb = 14548.24 m = 47729.86 ft B at Equ Level: 5105.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 402.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.60 Bulk Rich Number: 28.78 Bulk Shear: 178.25 m/s