MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 14 AUG 25 Station: 42.8,-94.9 Latitude: 42.80 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 968 400 18.5 17.2 92 1.3 17.7 153 4 294.4 296.7 292.0 331.3 12.89 2 950 563 22.4 18.0 77 4.3 19.4 165 16 299.9 302.4 294.4 340.4 13.84 3 900 1033 20.3 19.2 94 1.1 19.5 196 14 302.4 305.3 296.4 348.9 15.74 4 850 1526 18.3 10.5 60 7.8 13.3 212 14 305.3 307.0 292.7 333.5 9.40 5 800 2043 16.0 6.9 55 9.1 10.5 218 10 308.2 309.6 292.3 332.0 7.81 6 750 2589 13.2 3.3 51 9.9 7.5 265 4 310.9 312.1 292.0 330.9 6.47 7 700 3166 9.7 0.6 53 9.1 4.8 294 7 313.3 314.3 292.0 331.3 5.73 8 650 3776 5.2 -3.1 55 8.4 1.0 304 13 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.8 4.68 9 600 4424 0.3 -5.4 65 5.7 -2.4 316 20 316.5 317.3 291.7 330.2 4.26 10 550 5116 -4.2 -11.1 59 6.9 -7.0 305 15 319.1 319.7 291.4 328.9 2.98 11 500 5860 -8.6 -23.7 28 15.1 -13.0 281 13 322.5 322.8 290.7 326.5 1.13 12 450 6669 -14.0 -29.3 26 15.3 -17.6 296 13 325.7 325.8 291.3 328.4 0.75 13 400 7552 -19.5 -50.4 5 30.9 -23.1 292 16 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.09 14 350 8529 -26.9 -62.7 2 35.8 -29.4 278 18 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.02 15 300 9619 -36.3 -69.5 2 33.2 -37.6 295 25 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.01 16 250 10859 -44.7 -74.3 2 29.7 -45.3 306 41 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.01 17 200 12326 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.3 331 30 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.00 18 150 14156 -59.0 -84.0 3 25.0 -59.2 312 19 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16675 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 296 13 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.66 m Freezing level: 596.41 mb = 4474.12 m = 14678.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.05 mb = 3964.32 m = 13006.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.90 mb = 563.67 m = 1849.30 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 17.98 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 967.99 mb = 399.75 m = 1311.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.70 C = 65.66 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.07 C K Index: 28.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 815.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.93 mb = 1227.64 m = 4027.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.93 mb = 3713.67 m = 12183.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.93 mb = 11267.50 m = 36966.42 ft B at Equ Level: 808.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.93 mb = 13950.36 m = 45768.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.7 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 305.7 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.4 neg: -11.0 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 14.74 Bulk Shear: 55.31 m/s