MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.28,-96.36 Latitude: 45.28 Longitude: -96.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 978 323 29.1 24.4 76 4.7 25.6 170 8 304.2 307.9 299.5 364.1 20.05 2 950 577 26.8 23.0 80 3.8 24.0 175 12 304.4 307.9 298.9 361.0 18.98 3 900 1053 22.2 21.7 97 0.5 21.8 188 14 304.4 307.8 298.6 359.4 18.43 4 850 1549 19.8 13.5 67 6.3 15.6 240 13 306.9 309.0 294.7 341.5 11.50 5 800 2069 17.2 -3.1 25 20.3 6.9 273 16 309.5 310.2 289.2 321.5 3.80 6 750 2615 13.5 -1.8 35 15.3 5.5 290 23 311.3 312.1 290.3 325.3 4.46 7 700 3191 8.9 1.0 58 7.9 4.6 258 25 312.4 313.5 291.9 330.8 5.91 8 650 3799 3.8 0.0 76 3.8 1.8 272 27 313.3 314.4 292.2 331.9 5.91 9 600 4445 -0.1 -4.0 75 3.9 -2.0 270 36 315.9 316.9 292.0 331.1 4.73 10 550 5137 -4.3 -18.1 33 13.7 -9.0 266 40 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.6 1.68 11 500 5879 -9.7 -21.4 38 11.7 -13.2 266 38 321.3 321.5 290.6 326.0 1.38 12 450 6684 -14.7 -26.1 37 11.4 -17.6 273 35 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.4 1.01 13 400 7566 -20.2 -40.2 15 20.0 -23.3 279 32 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.29 14 350 8540 -27.0 -48.4 11 21.4 -29.2 288 35 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.13 15 300 9631 -36.4 -48.7 27 12.3 -37.4 294 37 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.15 16 250 10867 -46.9 -57.7 28 10.8 -47.3 294 36 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.06 17 200 12306 -57.0 -65.8 32 8.7 -57.2 284 34 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.03 18 150 14116 -58.0 -80.3 4 22.4 -58.2 252 25 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16672 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 205 8 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.40 m Freezing level: 601.83 mb = 4421.15 m = 14504.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.26 mb = 4099.12 m = 13448.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.93 mb = 917.62 m = 3010.54 ft T: 23.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 42.61 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1216.47 m = 3990.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -9.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.17 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 35.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4166.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.87 mb = 1121.93 m = 3680.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.87 mb = 1469.11 m = 4819.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.87 mb = 13794.46 m = 45256.87 ft B at Equ Level: 4104.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.9 neg: -15.3 tot: 79.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 40.18 Bulk Shear: 103.68 m/s