MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.68,-95.22 Latitude: 44.68 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 977 317 26.3 24.4 89 1.9 24.9 154 13 301.4 305.1 298.8 360.6 20.03 2 950 566 25.4 23.5 89 1.9 24.0 164 26 303.0 306.6 298.9 361.1 19.59 3 900 1042 23.1 21.3 89 1.8 21.8 188 41 305.3 308.7 298.5 359.2 17.99 4 850 1539 19.7 19.1 96 0.6 19.3 203 44 306.8 309.9 298.1 356.8 16.59 5 800 2062 17.6 16.6 94 0.9 17.0 225 39 309.9 312.7 297.8 355.8 15.06 6 750 2612 14.3 11.7 85 2.6 12.6 247 35 312.1 314.3 296.1 347.7 11.60 7 700 3192 10.4 6.2 75 4.3 7.8 248 33 314.0 315.7 294.4 340.6 8.51 8 650 3805 6.8 -1.6 55 8.4 2.4 245 35 316.7 317.7 292.6 333.4 5.24 9 600 4457 1.7 -8.6 46 10.3 -2.9 251 41 318.1 318.7 291.4 328.9 3.32 10 550 5150 -4.1 -13.9 46 9.8 -7.9 251 45 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.37 11 500 5893 -9.7 -13.7 73 3.9 -11.2 247 46 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.0 2.66 12 450 6699 -14.8 -17.0 83 2.2 -15.5 251 47 324.7 325.1 292.3 332.3 2.25 13 400 7580 -20.4 -22.9 81 2.4 -21.1 258 47 328.4 328.7 292.7 333.8 1.52 14 350 8557 -26.0 -28.8 77 2.8 -26.6 270 49 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.3 1.01 15 300 9658 -32.8 -35.9 74 3.1 -33.3 289 48 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.60 16 250 10918 -41.7 -45.1 70 3.4 -42.0 313 55 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.2 0.27 17 200 12391 -53.1 -57.0 62 3.9 -53.2 332 69 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14186 -64.9 -69.2 56 4.2 -65.0 341 66 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16706 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 233 14 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.10 m Freezing level: 585.47 mb = 4658.33 m = 15283.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.59 mb = 4090.78 m = 13421.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.04 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.91 mb = 557.28 m = 1828.32 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 34.08 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1267.42 m = 4158.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.52 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -10.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -9.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 28.84 C K Index: 44.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 662.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3491.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.84 mb = 1013.93 m = 3326.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.84 mb = 1459.26 m = 4787.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.84 mb = 14276.36 m = 46837.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3477.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 575.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 571.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 190.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.30 Bulk Rich Number: 18.86 Bulk Shear: 185.11 m/s