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: 44.76,-95.27 Latitude: 44.76 Longitude: -95.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 977 319 25.9 24.5 92 1.4 24.9 157 13 301.1 304.8 298.8 360.8 20.24 2 950 563 25.2 23.7 92 1.5 24.1 167 27 302.7 306.4 299.0 361.4 19.77 3 900 1039 22.8 21.6 93 1.2 21.9 188 41 305.0 308.4 298.7 359.7 18.28 4 850 1536 19.4 19.0 98 0.4 19.1 201 46 306.4 309.5 297.9 356.0 16.49 5 800 2058 17.3 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 221 43 309.6 312.4 297.8 355.8 15.20 6 750 2608 14.2 12.5 89 1.7 13.0 243 40 312.0 314.3 296.5 349.5 12.22 7 700 3188 10.4 6.7 78 3.7 8.2 246 38 314.0 315.7 294.7 341.6 8.85 8 650 3801 6.4 -0.5 61 6.9 2.7 244 39 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.3 5.69 9 600 4451 1.2 -7.1 54 8.3 -2.6 250 45 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.7 3.75 10 550 5144 -4.3 -12.1 54 7.9 -7.4 250 49 319.0 319.6 291.2 328.1 2.75 11 500 5887 -9.6 -12.8 77 3.3 -10.8 249 50 321.4 321.9 291.9 330.9 2.85 12 450 6694 -14.3 -16.4 84 2.1 -15.0 253 51 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.3 2.36 13 400 7577 -19.7 -22.0 82 2.3 -20.3 261 50 329.4 329.7 293.1 335.2 1.64 14 350 8557 -25.4 -28.1 78 2.7 -26.0 273 51 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.4 1.08 15 300 9660 -32.5 -35.5 75 3.0 -33.0 291 51 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.62 16 250 10922 -41.6 -44.9 70 3.3 -41.9 312 58 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12394 -53.2 -57.0 63 3.8 -53.3 330 70 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14188 -65.4 -69.7 55 4.2 -65.5 342 68 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16711 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 236 13 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.45 m Freezing level: 588.71 mb = 4607.57 m = 15116.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.54 mb = 4125.32 m = 13534.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.19 mb = 496.61 m = 1629.26 ft T: 25.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 33.31 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1156.37 m = 3793.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -10.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -8.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 28.57 C K Index: 44.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 657.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3527.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.90 mb = 952.09 m = 3123.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.90 mb = 1294.50 m = 4246.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.90 mb = 14446.84 m = 47397.19 ft B at Equ Level: 3493.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 618.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 617.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 205.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.13 Bulk Rich Number: 17.19 Bulk Shear: 205.23 m/s