MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.84,-95.56 Latitude: 45.84 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 968 414 27.2 23.8 82 3.4 24.6 170 13 303.1 306.7 298.9 361.0 19.47 2 950 581 24.5 22.6 89 1.9 23.1 171 16 302.0 305.4 298.0 356.5 18.42 3 900 1053 20.8 19.9 95 0.8 20.2 198 21 302.9 306.0 297.0 351.8 16.51 4 850 1547 18.5 12.9 70 5.6 14.8 240 16 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.7 11.07 5 800 2064 15.9 5.0 48 11.0 9.6 256 19 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.1 6.83 6 750 2609 13.0 -6.3 26 19.3 3.8 264 28 310.6 311.2 289.0 320.8 3.18 7 700 3184 9.4 -5.1 36 14.5 2.4 272 37 312.9 313.6 290.2 324.8 3.74 8 650 3792 3.8 -1.4 68 5.3 1.1 266 38 313.3 314.3 291.7 330.0 5.30 9 600 4437 -1.1 -6.5 66 5.4 -3.6 263 39 314.9 315.6 291.0 327.4 3.92 10 550 5126 -5.3 -18.1 36 12.8 -9.6 266 41 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.4 1.67 11 500 5865 -10.7 -23.7 33 13.0 -14.3 267 41 320.0 320.3 289.9 323.9 1.13 12 450 6667 -16.4 -27.7 37 11.3 -19.0 267 39 322.6 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.87 13 400 7541 -22.0 -35.4 29 13.4 -24.2 268 37 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.1 0.47 14 350 8508 -29.4 -41.1 31 11.7 -30.8 275 35 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.30 15 300 9588 -38.4 -49.4 30 11.0 -39.2 282 34 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.14 16 250 10815 -47.8 -59.5 25 11.7 -48.2 284 39 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 17 200 12257 -55.0 -65.7 25 10.7 -55.2 273 39 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14089 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 253 29 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16670 -57.5 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 217 8 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.08 m Freezing level: 610.84 mb = 4297.54 m = 14099.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.91 mb = 3943.68 m = 12938.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.73 mb = 844.76 m = 2771.50 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 40.24 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1246.48 m = 4089.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -8.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 27.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3226.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.51 mb = 1115.69 m = 3660.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.51 mb = 1765.30 m = 5791.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.51 mb = 12981.18 m = 42588.65 ft B at Equ Level: 3186.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.7 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 289.7 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.8 neg: -8.4 tot: 185.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.07 Bulk Rich Number: 21.56 Bulk Shear: 149.68 m/s