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: 44.89,-95.12 Latitude: 44.89 Longitude: -95.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 333 25.5 24.5 94 1.0 24.7 139 17 300.8 304.5 298.8 360.3 20.19 2 950 559 24.5 23.7 95 0.9 23.9 148 32 302.1 305.7 298.8 360.5 19.73 3 900 1034 22.3 22.0 98 0.3 22.1 174 44 304.5 307.9 298.8 360.5 18.75 4 850 1531 19.5 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 193 48 306.5 309.7 298.1 357.0 16.77 5 800 2053 17.0 16.6 98 0.4 16.7 210 46 309.3 312.1 297.7 355.0 15.04 6 750 2602 13.6 12.0 90 1.6 12.6 228 45 311.3 313.6 296.1 347.6 11.84 7 700 3181 10.3 6.0 75 4.3 7.8 228 42 313.9 315.6 294.4 340.2 8.43 8 650 3793 5.9 0.0 66 5.9 2.7 228 42 315.7 316.8 292.9 334.4 5.90 9 600 4442 0.0 -3.7 76 3.7 -1.8 232 47 316.1 317.1 292.2 331.6 4.85 10 550 5132 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -6.0 238 51 318.1 318.8 292.0 331.3 4.08 11 500 5875 -9.0 -10.4 90 1.4 -9.6 243 52 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.5 3.47 12 450 6685 -13.1 -14.8 87 1.7 -13.7 251 52 326.7 327.3 293.3 335.9 2.70 13 400 7574 -18.3 -20.4 84 2.1 -18.9 262 52 331.2 331.6 293.8 337.9 1.89 14 350 8559 -24.1 -26.6 80 2.5 -24.7 276 53 336.3 336.5 294.5 340.8 1.24 15 300 9667 -31.5 -34.2 77 2.7 -31.9 291 56 341.0 341.1 295.2 343.7 0.70 16 250 10934 -40.4 -43.6 72 3.1 -40.7 306 62 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.2 0.32 17 200 12414 -52.3 -56.0 64 3.7 -52.4 318 71 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.4 0.10 18 150 14208 -67.2 -71.5 54 4.3 -67.2 327 76 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16730 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 231 11 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.71 m Freezing level: 599.93 mb = 4442.88 m = 14576.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.10 mb = 4174.73 m = 13696.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.96 mb = 458.53 m = 1504.35 ft T: 24.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 29.25 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1022.73 m = 3355.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -9.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -8.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 28.29 C K Index: 43.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 656.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3338.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.15 mb = 878.00 m = 2880.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.15 mb = 1218.13 m = 3996.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.15 mb = 14586.55 m = 47855.56 ft B at Equ Level: 3300.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 45.5 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 756.9 neg: -12.0 tot: 744.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 248.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 15.28 Bulk Rich Number: 12.52 Bulk Shear: 266.61 m/s