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: 45.93,-95.27 Latitude: 45.93 Longitude: -95.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 967 428 25.5 22.8 85 2.7 23.5 170 13 301.5 304.9 297.8 355.6 18.34 2 950 583 23.0 21.6 92 1.3 22.1 172 17 300.5 303.7 297.0 351.5 17.39 3 900 1053 20.1 18.7 92 1.4 19.2 207 22 302.2 305.0 296.0 347.4 15.29 4 850 1546 18.5 14.2 76 4.3 15.6 234 18 305.5 307.8 294.7 341.7 12.08 5 800 2064 15.6 6.6 55 9.0 10.2 252 18 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.64 6 750 2608 12.8 -4.6 29 17.4 4.2 262 28 310.4 311.1 289.3 321.9 3.61 7 700 3183 9.4 -7.0 31 16.4 1.7 271 36 312.9 313.5 289.7 323.2 3.22 8 650 3792 4.0 -3.6 58 7.5 0.3 268 38 313.4 314.3 291.1 327.8 4.53 9 600 4437 -0.9 -6.3 67 5.3 -3.4 265 40 315.0 315.8 291.1 327.8 3.99 10 550 5125 -5.4 -18.7 34 13.3 -9.8 267 41 317.7 318.0 289.7 323.0 1.59 11 500 5864 -10.8 -22.5 37 11.8 -14.1 267 40 319.9 320.2 290.0 324.2 1.25 12 450 6666 -16.5 -27.4 39 10.9 -19.0 268 38 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.7 0.90 13 400 7540 -22.3 -35.0 30 12.8 -24.4 269 36 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.49 14 350 8506 -29.6 -40.2 35 10.6 -30.9 274 36 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.33 15 300 9585 -38.6 -47.5 39 8.9 -39.3 281 33 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.17 16 250 10811 -48.1 -59.2 27 11.1 -48.4 281 38 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12254 -54.5 -66.0 23 11.5 -54.7 268 39 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14089 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 252 29 373.9 373.9 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16671 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 210 8 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.17 m Freezing level: 609.67 mb = 4311.73 m = 14145.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.50 mb = 3834.99 m = 12581.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.03 mb = 767.97 m = 2519.57 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 33.78 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1565.55 m = 5136.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 27.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2546.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.44 mb = 1116.40 m = 3662.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.44 mb = 2513.94 m = 8247.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.44 mb = 12633.95 m = 41449.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2513.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.44 mb = 16155.02 m = 53001.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 210.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.66 Bulk Rich Number: 17.59 Bulk Shear: 144.80 m/s