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: 44.51,-95.53 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -95.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 977 331 30.1 24.3 71 5.8 25.7 176 13 305.3 309.0 299.7 365.0 19.91 2 950 582 28.6 22.4 69 6.2 24.0 183 23 306.2 309.6 298.9 361.1 18.25 3 900 1061 24.1 21.2 84 2.9 21.9 189 26 306.3 309.6 298.7 360.0 17.84 4 850 1559 19.8 18.9 94 0.9 19.1 201 27 306.9 309.9 297.9 356.1 16.35 5 800 2080 16.8 14.8 88 2.0 15.5 231 30 309.1 311.6 296.6 349.8 13.40 6 750 2629 13.4 11.1 86 2.4 11.9 248 27 311.2 313.3 295.6 345.2 11.11 7 700 3207 9.8 6.0 77 3.9 7.5 259 20 313.3 314.9 294.1 339.4 8.38 8 650 3820 7.5 0.2 60 7.3 3.5 259 20 317.4 318.6 293.4 336.5 5.98 9 600 4473 2.2 -7.1 50 9.4 -2.1 258 27 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.8 3.73 10 550 5168 -4.1 -10.2 62 6.1 -6.7 262 34 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.7 3.19 11 500 5910 -9.9 -20.2 43 10.3 -13.1 267 35 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.53 12 450 6715 -14.4 -27.6 32 13.2 -17.6 279 32 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.2 0.88 13 400 7598 -20.4 -26.7 57 6.3 -21.9 289 33 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.3 1.07 14 350 8570 -27.9 -40.5 29 12.5 -29.6 301 34 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.32 15 300 9657 -37.0 -48.7 29 11.7 -37.8 305 38 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.15 16 250 10891 -47.0 -54.8 41 7.8 -47.3 313 41 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.09 17 200 12328 -58.1 -65.0 41 6.9 -58.2 308 35 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 14129 -58.0 -79.9 4 21.9 -58.3 272 24 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16679 -59.0 -84.4 2 25.3 -59.4 234 12 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.35 m Freezing level: 582.42 mb = 4717.63 m = 15477.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.10 mb = 4217.59 m = 13837.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.42 mb = 1075.91 m = 3529.84 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 38.84 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1445.48 m = 4742.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -10.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.57 C Showalter Index: -9.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 28.80 C K Index: 44.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 645.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4393.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.82 mb = 1368.03 m = 4488.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.82 mb = 1519.86 m = 4986.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.82 mb = 13577.26 m = 44544.26 ft B at Equ Level: 4388.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.1 neg: -6.3 tot: 233.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.42 Bulk Rich Number: 52.29 Bulk Shear: 84.02 m/s