MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-93.43 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 974 373 22.1 19.5 85 2.6 20.3 160 5 297.5 300.2 294.4 340.3 14.80 2 950 592 22.8 15.0 61 7.8 17.6 197 11 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.6 11.34 3 900 1060 18.6 13.0 70 5.5 15.0 223 15 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.7 10.55 4 850 1546 13.9 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 227 16 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.1 10.34 5 800 2055 10.5 5.6 72 4.9 7.7 261 20 302.3 303.6 289.9 323.7 7.15 6 750 2590 7.3 4.2 80 3.1 5.6 281 21 304.5 305.8 290.4 325.4 6.90 7 700 3155 3.8 1.4 84 2.5 2.5 294 20 306.7 307.8 290.3 325.2 6.04 8 650 3753 0.3 -2.6 81 2.9 -1.2 307 17 309.3 310.2 290.1 324.4 4.85 9 600 4391 -3.2 -4.5 91 1.3 -3.8 313 17 312.4 313.3 290.8 326.8 4.56 10 550 5075 -7.4 -9.1 88 1.7 -8.1 320 18 315.3 315.9 290.7 326.5 3.48 11 500 5810 -12.0 -16.2 71 4.1 -13.4 322 22 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.6 2.17 12 450 6608 -17.7 -24.0 58 6.2 -19.3 318 28 320.9 321.2 290.3 325.2 1.22 13 400 7476 -24.8 -41.3 20 16.5 -26.9 316 36 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.26 14 350 8431 -32.0 -53.4 10 21.4 -33.5 317 39 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.9 0.08 15 300 9502 -40.0 -56.9 15 16.9 -40.8 313 52 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.06 16 250 10723 -48.4 -61.5 21 13.1 -48.8 307 79 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 17 200 12170 -53.2 -72.7 8 19.6 -53.5 309 85 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14015 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 310 63 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16566 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 329 39 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.31 m Freezing level: 646.13 mb = 3802.50 m = 12475.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.61 mb = 3561.56 m = 11684.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.73 mb = 704.15 m = 2310.16 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1676.56 m = 5500.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.25 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 718.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.16 mb = 1564.61 m = 5133.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.16 mb = 1917.97 m = 6292.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.16 mb = 10379.37 m = 34052.65 ft B at Equ Level: 716.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.16 mb = 12733.91 m = 41777.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 11.62 Bulk Shear: 61.83 m/s