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: 43.39,-93.75 Latitude: 43.39 Longitude: -93.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 383 28.7 26.0 86 2.6 26.7 134 8 304.6 308.7 300.8 371.7 22.35 2 950 555 27.6 24.7 84 2.9 25.4 147 12 305.2 309.1 300.3 368.4 21.03 3 900 1035 24.7 22.5 87 2.3 23.0 190 20 307.0 310.6 299.7 365.4 19.35 4 850 1535 20.9 20.3 97 0.6 20.5 203 23 308.0 311.4 299.1 362.3 17.92 5 800 2058 18.1 12.6 71 5.4 14.4 246 24 310.4 312.6 295.7 345.8 11.57 6 750 2611 16.2 8.3 59 7.9 11.2 278 22 314.2 316.0 295.0 342.9 9.21 7 700 3193 12.8 -7.7 23 20.5 3.1 315 20 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.6 3.05 8 650 3809 8.0 -7.4 33 15.4 0.7 330 30 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.0 3.38 9 600 4462 2.8 -15.7 24 18.5 -4.4 326 31 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.87 10 550 5159 -3.1 -13.6 44 10.5 -7.2 327 35 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.5 2.43 11 500 5904 -8.6 -25.2 25 16.7 -13.2 325 27 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 0.98 12 450 6712 -14.1 -30.8 23 16.7 -17.8 311 20 325.5 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.65 13 400 7594 -20.0 -44.0 10 24.0 -23.3 295 20 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.19 14 350 8570 -27.1 -52.3 7 25.2 -29.4 286 16 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9661 -35.8 -59.0 7 23.2 -37.1 274 17 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.0 0.04 16 250 10904 -45.0 -62.5 12 17.4 -45.6 257 25 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12359 -55.5 -61.6 47 6.1 -55.6 216 35 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14144 -63.1 -74.1 21 11.0 -63.2 308 22 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16656 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 279 13 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.90 m Freezing level: 576.42 mb = 4790.67 m = 15717.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.91 mb = 3898.86 m = 12791.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.75 % Est. max temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.75 mb = 717.80 m = 2354.96 ft T: 26.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 45.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1324.50 m = 4345.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -10.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -9.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 28.87 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -7.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5054.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 100.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.45 mb = 1157.78 m = 3798.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.45 mb = 1407.83 m = 4618.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.45 mb = 14464.13 m = 47453.93 ft B at Equ Level: 5043.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 399.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.2 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: 11.36 Bulk Rich Number: 28.06 Bulk Shear: 180.11 m/s