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: 44.91,-95.16 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 974 332 25.4 24.5 95 0.9 24.7 141 17 300.8 304.5 298.8 360.5 20.26 2 950 556 24.5 23.7 95 0.8 23.9 150 32 302.0 305.7 298.8 360.4 19.72 3 900 1031 22.3 22.0 99 0.2 22.1 175 45 304.4 307.9 298.8 360.7 18.85 4 850 1528 19.5 19.3 99 0.1 19.4 193 50 306.5 309.7 298.1 357.2 16.84 5 800 2049 17.0 16.7 98 0.3 16.8 209 49 309.2 312.1 297.7 355.1 15.11 6 750 2599 13.5 11.9 90 1.6 12.4 226 48 311.2 313.4 296.0 347.3 11.75 7 700 3177 10.5 5.8 72 4.8 7.6 229 45 314.1 315.7 294.3 339.9 8.26 8 650 3790 5.9 0.0 66 5.9 2.7 229 45 315.7 316.8 292.9 334.4 5.91 9 600 4439 -0.0 -3.3 78 3.3 -1.7 234 49 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.0 4.99 10 550 5129 -4.9 -6.6 88 1.7 -5.7 239 53 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.0 4.23 11 500 5873 -8.6 -9.9 91 1.2 -9.2 245 54 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.5 3.61 12 450 6685 -12.8 -14.4 88 1.6 -13.4 253 54 327.1 327.7 293.5 336.7 2.80 13 400 7574 -18.0 -20.0 84 2.1 -18.6 264 54 331.7 332.0 294.0 338.5 1.95 14 350 8560 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.4 -24.4 277 55 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.4 1.29 15 300 9670 -31.3 -34.0 77 2.7 -31.7 292 58 341.2 341.4 295.3 344.0 0.72 16 250 10938 -40.3 -43.4 72 3.1 -40.6 306 63 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.4 0.33 17 200 12418 -52.3 -56.0 65 3.7 -52.4 318 71 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.4 0.10 18 150 14212 -67.4 -71.7 54 4.3 -67.4 328 75 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16732 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 234 12 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.85 m Freezing level: 600.18 mb = 4436.30 m = 14554.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.11 mb = 4184.60 m = 13728.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.74 mb = 448.17 m = 1470.35 ft T: 24.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 28.76 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 996.65 m = 3269.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -9.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 27.97 C K Index: 42.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 650.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3303.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.91 mb = 867.44 m = 2845.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.91 mb = 1207.35 m = 3961.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.91 mb = 14556.55 m = 47757.13 ft B at Equ Level: 3279.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 795.5 neg: -4.8 tot: 790.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 263.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 15.80 Bulk Rich Number: 11.88 Bulk Shear: 278.05 m/s