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,-95.15 Latitude: 44.82 Longitude: -95.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 976 327 25.7 24.5 93 1.2 24.8 146 16 301.0 304.7 298.8 360.5 20.20 2 950 564 24.9 23.6 93 1.3 24.0 156 30 302.4 306.1 298.8 360.8 19.67 3 900 1039 22.4 21.7 96 0.8 21.9 181 43 304.6 308.0 298.6 359.6 18.40 4 850 1535 19.2 18.9 98 0.3 19.1 197 47 306.3 309.4 297.8 355.6 16.42 5 800 2057 17.0 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 215 44 309.2 312.0 297.5 354.4 14.86 6 750 2606 13.8 12.1 89 1.7 12.6 234 41 311.5 313.8 296.2 348.0 11.89 7 700 3185 10.3 6.7 78 3.6 8.0 235 37 313.9 315.5 294.6 341.2 8.80 8 650 3798 6.3 0.1 64 6.2 2.9 234 39 316.1 317.3 293.0 335.0 5.95 9 600 4448 0.7 -4.8 66 5.6 -2.0 239 45 317.0 317.8 292.0 331.3 4.46 10 550 5140 -4.9 -8.8 74 3.9 -6.5 241 50 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.0 3.58 11 500 5882 -9.7 -11.4 87 1.8 -10.4 243 51 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.9 3.20 12 450 6690 -13.9 -15.8 86 1.9 -14.6 250 52 325.7 326.2 292.8 334.1 2.48 13 400 7575 -19.2 -21.4 82 2.2 -19.8 260 52 330.0 330.4 293.3 336.1 1.73 14 350 8556 -25.1 -27.7 79 2.6 -25.6 274 53 335.0 335.2 294.1 339.1 1.12 15 300 9661 -32.3 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.7 291 55 339.9 340.0 294.9 342.3 0.64 16 250 10924 -41.0 -44.3 71 3.2 -41.3 309 61 345.1 345.1 295.8 346.3 0.30 17 200 12400 -52.7 -56.4 64 3.8 -52.8 323 73 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.09 18 150 14194 -66.5 -70.7 55 4.3 -66.5 333 76 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16721 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 232 12 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.39 m Freezing level: 593.50 mb = 4537.97 m = 14888.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.04 mb = 4181.29 m = 13717.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.13 mb = 479.51 m = 1573.18 ft T: 25.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 30.77 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1091.79 m = 3581.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -10.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: -8.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 28.59 C K Index: 44.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 656.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3411.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.29 mb = 919.71 m = 3017.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.29 mb = 1260.90 m = 4136.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.29 mb = 14746.09 m = 48378.96 ft B at Equ Level: 3308.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 666.3 neg: -11.3 tot: 655.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 13.81 Bulk Rich Number: 15.21 Bulk Shear: 224.38 m/s