MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508161200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508161200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 16 AUG 25 Station: 43.8,-94.0 Latitude: 43.80 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 977 324 22.3 20.6 90 1.6 21.1 183 5 297.4 300.3 295.1 343.4 15.87 2 950 567 22.9 18.7 78 4.1 20.0 190 19 300.4 303.1 295.0 342.8 14.47 3 900 1042 26.0 16.4 55 9.7 19.3 231 30 308.3 310.8 296.2 348.0 13.12 4 850 1544 23.6 11.5 46 12.1 15.7 243 26 310.9 312.8 294.7 341.8 10.07 5 800 2070 20.1 7.1 43 13.0 12.1 258 23 312.6 314.1 293.6 337.2 7.95 6 750 2623 16.6 6.4 51 10.3 10.3 251 25 314.6 316.2 294.3 339.8 8.04 7 700 3207 12.0 4.3 59 7.7 7.4 235 33 315.7 317.2 294.1 339.2 7.46 8 650 3822 6.9 1.0 66 5.9 3.7 227 34 316.8 318.0 293.6 337.0 6.36 9 600 4474 1.8 -2.5 73 4.3 -0.4 235 34 318.2 319.2 293.1 335.2 5.29 10 550 5169 -3.4 -7.9 71 4.5 -5.4 241 34 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.7 3.84 11 500 5916 -8.2 -13.1 68 4.9 -10.1 240 29 323.1 323.6 292.4 332.4 2.80 12 450 6725 -13.7 -18.4 67 4.7 -15.2 237 28 326.0 326.4 292.5 332.9 1.99 13 400 7610 -19.3 -23.3 71 3.9 -20.4 239 25 329.8 330.1 293.1 335.0 1.47 14 350 8589 -26.3 -31.9 59 5.6 -27.3 243 24 333.4 333.5 293.3 336.2 0.76 15 300 9686 -34.1 -38.5 64 4.4 -34.6 251 24 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.1 0.46 16 250 10937 -43.0 -46.7 66 3.8 -43.2 291 38 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.1 0.23 17 200 12407 -54.2 -58.1 61 4.0 -54.3 305 45 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.07 18 150 14197 -64.3 -68.6 56 4.2 -64.4 293 26 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16673 -64.0 -82.1 7 18.2 -64.1 296 13 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.23 m Freezing level: 582.65 mb = 4714.91 m = 15468.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.47 mb = 4399.56 m = 14434.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.86 % Est. max temperature: 36.43 C = 97.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.09 mb = 529.28 m = 1736.46 ft T: 22.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.82 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2996.98 m = 9832.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.09 C = 104.16 F Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.67 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 871.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 412.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.89 mb = 1647.95 m = 5406.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.89 mb = 4142.54 m = 13590.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.89 mb = 11634.41 m = 38170.16 ft B at Equ Level: 869.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.89 mb = 14845.29 m = 48704.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.3 neg: -6.9 tot: 192.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 18.04 Bulk Shear: 48.32 m/s