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: 44.23,-95.27 Latitude: 44.23 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 130 SFC 974 361 29.4 24.3 74 5.1 25.6 174 13 304.8 308.5 299.6 364.5 19.96 2 950 587 27.9 22.5 73 5.4 23.9 180 24 305.5 308.9 298.8 360.7 18.40 3 900 1065 23.5 21.2 87 2.2 21.9 185 27 305.7 309.1 298.6 359.5 17.94 4 850 1562 20.0 18.1 89 2.0 18.7 205 30 307.1 310.0 297.5 353.9 15.52 5 800 2084 17.1 13.9 81 3.2 15.0 234 31 309.4 311.8 296.1 347.7 12.58 6 750 2633 13.5 9.0 75 4.4 10.7 256 23 311.2 313.0 294.6 340.9 9.68 7 700 3210 10.3 2.6 59 7.7 5.9 266 18 313.9 315.2 292.9 334.6 6.59 8 650 3825 7.9 -2.3 48 10.2 2.5 262 18 317.9 318.8 292.7 333.8 4.96 9 600 4478 2.3 -5.8 55 8.1 -1.6 261 22 318.7 319.6 292.3 332.2 4.14 10 550 5173 -3.9 -9.8 64 5.8 -6.4 262 30 319.4 320.1 291.8 330.3 3.32 11 500 5915 -9.9 -24.9 28 15.0 -14.0 265 34 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.02 12 450 6720 -14.7 -31.4 23 16.7 -18.3 278 31 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.0 0.61 13 400 7602 -20.4 -29.3 45 8.9 -22.3 290 30 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.6 0.85 14 350 8573 -28.2 -40.1 31 11.9 -29.7 301 31 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.33 15 300 9660 -37.0 -50.0 25 13.0 -37.9 308 36 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 16 250 10893 -47.1 -55.7 37 8.6 -47.4 314 41 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 17 200 12330 -57.9 -65.1 40 7.1 -58.0 309 34 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 14133 -58.1 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.4 272 24 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16681 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 238 12 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.65 m Freezing level: 581.69 mb = 4732.56 m = 15526.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.48 mb = 4217.11 m = 13835.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.22 mb = 1013.50 m = 3325.09 ft T: 23.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 40.04 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1456.83 m = 4779.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.41 C = 88.53 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -10.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -8.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 27.97 C K Index: 40.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 621.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4247.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.42 mb = 1305.67 m = 4283.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.42 mb = 1557.92 m = 5111.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.42 mb = 13711.92 m = 44986.08 ft B at Equ Level: 4215.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.5 neg: -3.5 tot: 264.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.06 Bulk Rich Number: 48.74 Bulk Shear: 87.14 m/s