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: 44.80,-95.37 Latitude: 44.80 Longitude: -95.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 977 317 25.6 24.7 95 0.9 24.9 168 12 300.8 304.5 298.9 360.9 20.41 2 950 560 24.9 23.8 94 1.1 24.2 177 26 302.5 306.2 299.0 361.7 19.96 3 900 1035 22.5 21.7 95 0.8 21.9 192 39 304.7 308.1 298.7 359.9 18.48 4 850 1532 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.3 202 45 306.5 309.6 298.1 356.9 16.75 5 800 2054 17.4 17.2 99 0.2 17.3 220 44 309.7 312.6 298.2 357.3 15.64 6 750 2605 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.8 244 44 312.4 314.9 297.2 352.7 13.08 7 700 3186 10.7 7.6 81 3.1 8.8 249 43 314.3 316.1 295.1 343.5 9.38 8 650 3799 6.1 0.4 67 5.7 2.9 250 44 315.8 317.0 293.0 335.0 6.06 9 600 4449 1.1 -6.8 55 7.9 -2.6 256 50 317.4 318.2 291.7 329.9 3.83 10 550 5142 -4.0 -12.3 53 8.2 -7.3 256 53 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.3 2.71 11 500 5885 -9.5 -12.8 77 3.3 -10.8 257 53 321.5 322.0 292.0 331.0 2.85 12 450 6693 -14.1 -16.1 84 2.1 -14.8 261 53 325.6 326.0 292.7 333.8 2.41 13 400 7578 -19.3 -21.6 82 2.3 -20.0 268 52 329.9 330.2 293.3 335.9 1.70 14 350 8560 -24.9 -27.7 78 2.8 -25.5 278 52 335.2 335.5 294.1 339.3 1.13 15 300 9665 -32.2 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.7 294 52 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.64 16 250 10927 -41.7 -44.9 70 3.3 -41.9 313 57 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.28 17 200 12399 -53.4 -57.3 63 3.9 -53.5 331 66 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14191 -65.5 -69.7 55 4.2 -65.5 349 63 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16712 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 241 14 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.41 m Freezing level: 588.94 mb = 4602.12 m = 15098.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.22 mb = 4140.35 m = 13583.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.29 mb = 428.57 m = 1406.06 ft T: 25.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 29.05 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1069.23 m = 3507.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -10.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.63 C Showalter Index: -8.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 28.73 C K Index: 45.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 673.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3529.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.48 mb = 894.94 m = 2936.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.48 mb = 1235.63 m = 4053.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.48 mb = 14642.75 m = 48039.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3448.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 627.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 627.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.71 Bulk Rich Number: 16.85 Bulk Shear: 209.42 m/s