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: 44.91,-95.16 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 332 28.0 25.2 85 2.7 25.9 159 9 303.1 307.0 299.8 365.9 21.10 2 950 583 27.7 22.3 73 5.4 23.8 176 20 305.3 308.7 298.7 359.8 18.17 3 900 1060 23.3 20.9 86 2.4 21.6 185 22 305.5 308.8 298.3 358.1 17.53 4 850 1557 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.0 195 22 306.2 309.2 297.8 355.6 16.45 5 800 2078 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 232 25 308.7 311.5 297.3 353.0 14.61 6 750 2626 13.2 12.2 93 1.1 12.6 249 30 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.6 11.97 7 700 3204 9.5 7.1 85 2.4 8.0 254 25 313.0 314.7 294.6 341.1 9.06 8 650 3817 6.7 0.9 66 5.9 3.5 241 25 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.5 6.28 9 600 4468 1.8 -6.2 55 8.0 -2.0 247 26 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.1 4.00 10 550 5162 -4.6 -10.4 64 5.8 -7.1 257 34 318.6 319.2 291.4 328.9 3.14 11 500 5903 -10.2 -23.8 32 13.6 -14.0 261 35 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.5 1.11 12 450 6707 -14.6 -22.7 50 8.1 -16.9 271 32 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.6 1.37 13 400 7590 -20.1 -26.5 57 6.4 -21.6 287 36 328.9 329.1 292.4 332.8 1.10 14 350 8563 -28.0 -38.2 37 10.2 -29.4 299 38 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.40 15 300 9650 -37.1 -48.1 31 11.1 -37.9 305 41 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.16 16 250 10882 -47.1 -55.9 36 8.8 -47.4 312 44 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 17 200 12319 -57.8 -64.7 41 6.9 -58.0 306 36 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 14125 -57.9 -79.9 4 22.0 -58.2 268 24 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16679 -58.7 -83.9 2 25.2 -59.0 243 13 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.52 m Freezing level: 586.10 mb = 4661.35 m = 15292.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.44 mb = 4221.99 m = 13851.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.64 mb = 679.62 m = 2229.71 ft T: 26.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 41.48 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1336.35 m = 4384.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -10.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.60 C Showalter Index: -9.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 29.17 C K Index: 45.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 636.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4227.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.23 mb = 1243.51 m = 4079.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.23 mb = 1392.79 m = 4569.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.23 mb = 13479.89 m = 44224.83 ft B at Equ Level: 4223.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.0 neg: -5.3 tot: 221.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.49 Bulk Rich Number: 49.30 Bulk Shear: 85.74 m/s