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: 44.82,-95.06 Latitude: 44.82 Longitude: -95.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 976 331 25.7 24.4 93 1.3 24.7 139 16 300.9 304.6 298.7 360.1 20.08 2 950 566 24.8 23.6 93 1.3 23.9 149 30 302.4 306.0 298.8 360.4 19.60 3 900 1041 22.3 21.7 96 0.6 21.9 177 42 304.5 308.0 298.6 359.7 18.46 4 850 1538 19.3 18.9 97 0.4 19.1 196 46 306.4 309.4 297.8 355.6 16.39 5 800 2059 17.0 16.4 97 0.6 16.6 215 42 309.2 312.0 297.5 354.4 14.85 6 750 2609 13.7 12.1 90 1.6 12.6 232 39 311.4 313.7 296.2 347.9 11.90 7 700 3187 10.1 6.9 81 3.2 8.1 229 34 313.7 315.4 294.7 341.5 8.96 8 650 3800 6.3 0.4 66 5.9 3.1 229 36 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.3 6.07 9 600 4450 0.7 -4.7 67 5.4 -2.0 234 43 316.9 317.8 292.1 331.3 4.49 10 550 5142 -5.2 -8.3 79 3.1 -6.5 237 49 317.9 318.6 291.7 330.0 3.72 11 500 5883 -10.0 -11.6 88 1.6 -10.6 240 50 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.3 3.16 12 450 6690 -14.0 -15.8 86 1.8 -14.7 248 51 325.6 326.1 292.8 334.0 2.48 13 400 7574 -19.3 -21.5 83 2.1 -20.0 259 51 329.8 330.2 293.3 335.9 1.72 14 350 8555 -25.1 -27.8 79 2.6 -25.7 273 52 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.9 1.11 15 300 9660 -32.2 -35.1 75 2.9 -32.6 290 54 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.5 0.65 16 250 10923 -40.9 -44.2 71 3.3 -41.2 307 60 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.5 0.30 17 200 12401 -52.4 -56.2 64 3.8 -52.6 320 72 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.09 18 150 14196 -66.7 -71.1 54 4.3 -66.8 328 80 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16723 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 229 11 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.43 m Freezing level: 594.33 mb = 4528.65 m = 14857.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.57 mb = 4189.54 m = 13745.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.44 C = 90.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.28 mb = 489.87 m = 1607.17 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 30.44 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.51 mb = 1084.74 m = 3558.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -10.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: -8.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 28.89 C K Index: 45.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 664.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3406.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.78 mb = 917.38 m = 3009.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.78 mb = 1258.44 m = 4128.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.78 mb = 14725.46 m = 48311.28 ft B at Equ Level: 3312.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 652.1 neg: -17.7 tot: 634.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 211.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.62 Bulk Rich Number: 15.09 Bulk Shear: 225.83 m/s