MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.10,-95.24 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 971 397 28.9 24.4 77 4.5 25.5 174 13 304.6 308.3 299.7 365.0 20.20 2 950 588 27.8 22.7 74 5.1 24.0 179 23 305.4 308.9 298.9 361.1 18.57 3 900 1066 23.4 21.4 88 2.1 21.9 184 27 305.7 309.0 298.7 359.9 18.07 4 850 1564 20.1 17.7 86 2.3 18.4 206 31 307.2 310.0 297.3 353.0 15.21 5 800 2086 17.1 13.4 78 3.8 14.6 234 31 309.4 311.7 295.8 346.3 12.14 6 750 2634 13.5 8.5 72 5.0 10.4 258 22 311.2 313.0 294.3 340.0 9.34 7 700 3212 10.5 1.7 54 8.8 5.5 268 19 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.5 6.18 8 650 3826 7.7 -2.1 50 9.8 2.5 261 19 317.7 318.7 292.7 333.9 5.05 9 600 4480 2.2 -4.7 60 6.9 -1.2 261 21 318.7 319.6 292.6 333.3 4.51 10 550 5175 -3.8 -11.0 57 7.2 -6.8 263 29 319.6 320.1 291.6 329.5 3.01 11 500 5918 -10.0 -22.7 34 12.8 -13.7 264 34 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.1 1.23 12 450 6722 -14.8 -31.8 22 17.0 -18.4 279 31 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.8 0.59 13 400 7603 -20.4 -29.4 44 9.0 -22.3 291 29 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.5 0.84 14 350 8575 -28.1 -40.1 31 11.9 -29.7 302 30 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.33 15 300 9662 -37.0 -50.5 23 13.5 -37.9 309 35 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.12 16 250 10895 -47.1 -55.7 37 8.6 -47.4 314 40 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 17 200 12332 -57.9 -65.3 38 7.4 -58.0 309 34 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 18 150 14134 -58.3 -80.2 4 21.9 -58.5 273 23 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16682 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 238 12 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.73 m Freezing level: 581.47 mb = 4737.27 m = 15542.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.61 mb = 4270.07 m = 14009.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.39 mb = 964.74 m = 3165.10 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 31.54 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1462.40 m = 4797.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.01 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -10.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 27.73 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 614.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4252.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.84 mb = 1303.06 m = 4275.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.84 mb = 1657.03 m = 5436.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.84 mb = 13696.90 m = 44936.78 ft B at Equ Level: 4224.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 273.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.33 Bulk Rich Number: 47.64 Bulk Shear: 89.26 m/s