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: 44.57,-95.33 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -95.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 979 318 29.7 24.4 73 5.3 25.7 173 12 304.8 308.5 299.7 364.9 20.09 2 950 584 28.1 22.5 72 5.6 23.9 181 24 305.7 309.1 298.8 360.6 18.30 3 900 1062 23.6 21.1 86 2.5 21.8 187 26 305.8 309.1 298.5 359.1 17.76 4 850 1559 19.8 18.5 92 1.3 18.9 203 28 306.9 309.9 297.7 355.1 15.98 5 800 2081 16.9 14.8 88 2.1 15.5 234 30 309.2 311.7 296.6 349.8 13.37 6 750 2629 13.3 10.2 81 3.1 11.3 251 27 311.0 313.0 295.1 343.1 10.47 7 700 3207 9.9 2.8 61 7.1 5.9 257 20 313.4 314.7 292.9 334.5 6.72 8 650 3820 7.6 -3.7 44 11.3 1.8 256 20 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.9 4.46 9 600 4473 2.2 -7.0 51 9.2 -2.1 261 27 318.6 319.4 292.0 330.9 3.78 10 550 5168 -4.2 -10.7 60 6.5 -6.9 261 33 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.07 11 500 5909 -9.8 -23.3 32 13.6 -13.6 267 35 321.1 321.4 290.3 325.2 1.17 12 450 6714 -14.5 -29.0 28 14.5 -17.9 278 32 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.8 0.77 13 400 7597 -20.4 -27.5 53 7.2 -22.0 289 34 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.1 1.00 14 350 8569 -28.0 -40.2 30 12.2 -29.6 300 35 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.33 15 300 9656 -37.0 -49.6 26 12.6 -37.9 305 38 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 16 250 10889 -47.0 -55.5 37 8.5 -47.3 313 42 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.08 17 200 12326 -58.0 -64.6 42 6.6 -58.1 308 35 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 14128 -57.9 -79.9 4 21.9 -58.2 271 24 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16680 -59.0 -84.0 3 25.0 -59.3 238 12 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.34 m Freezing level: 582.94 mb = 4709.89 m = 15452.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.61 mb = 4118.61 m = 13512.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.95 mb = 993.54 m = 3259.60 ft T: 24.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 39.72 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.79 mb = 1429.25 m = 4689.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -10.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.37 C Showalter Index: -8.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 28.27 C K Index: 41.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 627.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4283.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.27 mb = 1304.23 m = 4278.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.27 mb = 1556.57 m = 5106.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.27 mb = 13713.28 m = 44990.54 ft B at Equ Level: 4248.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.9 neg: -9.8 tot: 249.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.75 Bulk Rich Number: 48.50 Bulk Shear: 88.31 m/s