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: 45.5,-95.69 Latitude: 45.50 Longitude: -95.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 975 354 26.8 24.2 86 2.6 24.9 171 10 302.1 305.8 298.9 360.9 19.85 2 950 580 24.5 23.2 92 1.3 23.6 173 15 302.1 305.6 298.4 358.7 19.16 3 900 1053 21.7 20.2 91 1.5 20.6 200 23 303.8 306.9 297.4 353.6 16.74 4 850 1549 19.9 11.9 60 8.1 14.7 241 14 307.0 309.0 293.9 338.2 10.33 5 800 2068 16.8 1.8 36 15.0 8.5 266 18 309.0 310.1 290.5 325.9 5.45 6 750 2613 13.4 -5.5 26 18.9 4.2 286 24 311.1 311.7 289.3 321.8 3.38 7 700 3189 9.1 -0.3 52 9.4 4.1 273 31 312.5 313.6 291.5 329.3 5.34 8 650 3797 3.8 -0.9 72 4.7 1.3 272 28 313.2 314.3 291.9 330.6 5.52 9 600 4442 -0.5 -3.6 80 3.1 -2.1 271 34 315.5 316.4 292.0 331.0 4.87 10 550 5133 -4.9 -13.2 52 8.3 -8.1 270 40 318.3 318.7 290.7 326.6 2.51 11 500 5874 -9.9 -28.9 20 19.0 -14.5 268 40 320.9 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.70 12 450 6679 -14.9 -30.4 25 15.5 -18.3 269 36 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.0 0.68 13 400 7559 -20.6 -37.2 21 16.7 -23.3 273 33 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.39 14 350 8532 -27.6 -51.8 8 24.2 -29.8 278 35 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.09 15 300 9621 -36.5 -48.9 27 12.4 -37.5 284 38 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.15 16 250 10855 -47.0 -57.6 29 10.6 -47.4 288 39 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12295 -56.9 -64.8 36 7.9 -57.0 278 36 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14111 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 256 28 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16673 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 209 8 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.68 m Freezing level: 606.27 mb = 4361.41 m = 14308.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.48 mb = 4043.01 m = 13264.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.08 mb = 681.18 m = 2234.81 ft T: 23.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 39.13 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1524.74 m = 5002.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3427.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.83 mb = 1064.59 m = 3492.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.83 mb = 2133.45 m = 6999.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.83 mb = 13180.46 m = 43242.44 ft B at Equ Level: 3408.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.4 neg: -12.4 tot: 148.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.32 Bulk Rich Number: 26.75 Bulk Shear: 128.12 m/s