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: 45.77,-96.17 Latitude: 45.77 Longitude: -96.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 977 330 30.5 25.2 74 5.3 26.5 169 6 305.7 309.7 300.5 369.4 21.14 2 950 575 28.6 23.0 72 5.6 24.4 174 10 306.2 309.7 299.3 363.1 18.92 3 900 1054 24.0 22.0 88 2.0 22.5 179 12 306.3 309.8 299.2 362.8 18.78 4 850 1553 20.4 18.6 89 1.8 19.2 219 14 307.6 310.6 298.0 356.2 16.10 5 800 2075 16.8 13.4 81 3.3 14.6 248 19 309.0 311.3 295.8 346.1 12.20 6 750 2622 12.9 4.5 56 8.5 8.0 256 15 310.6 312.0 292.4 332.4 7.05 7 700 3197 8.6 3.5 70 5.1 5.7 242 16 312.0 313.4 292.8 333.9 7.06 8 650 3806 4.7 -1.1 66 5.8 1.7 244 21 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.5 5.44 9 600 4453 -0.2 -8.2 55 7.9 -3.7 256 29 315.9 316.5 290.9 327.0 3.44 10 550 5143 -5.0 -17.5 37 12.6 -9.3 255 35 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.1 1.75 11 500 5883 -10.1 -23.3 33 13.2 -13.9 257 35 320.7 320.9 290.2 324.7 1.17 12 450 6689 -14.3 -32.7 19 18.5 -18.1 273 34 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.3 0.54 13 400 7572 -19.8 -36.6 21 16.8 -22.7 286 39 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.42 14 350 8546 -27.6 -41.2 26 13.6 -29.3 294 42 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.30 15 300 9634 -37.0 -44.8 44 7.8 -37.7 294 47 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.24 16 250 10868 -46.9 -55.7 36 8.8 -47.2 303 48 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 17 200 12306 -57.8 -65.9 35 8.1 -58.0 301 40 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 14112 -58.0 -79.9 4 21.9 -58.2 264 22 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16673 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.2 241 13 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.32 m Freezing level: 602.25 mb = 4423.65 m = 14513.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.41 mb = 4002.18 m = 13130.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.56 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.33 mb = 1002.04 m = 3287.49 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 36.97 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1402.15 m = 4600.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -11.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.36 C Showalter Index: -9.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.56 C Cross Totals Index: 28.76 C K Index: 44.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4979.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 99.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.60 mb = 1284.32 m = 4213.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.60 mb = 1536.86 m = 5042.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.60 mb = 14045.45 m = 46080.31 ft B at Equ Level: 4913.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 88.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.81 Bulk Rich Number: 82.03 Bulk Shear: 60.70 m/s