MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.06,-94.55 Latitude: 44.06 Longitude: -94.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 979 320 24.7 22.7 88 2.0 23.2 193 6 299.6 302.9 297.1 352.2 17.96 2 950 586 23.9 21.7 87 2.2 22.3 189 21 301.5 304.7 297.3 352.8 17.42 3 900 1060 23.1 19.9 82 3.2 20.8 208 41 305.3 308.4 297.5 354.4 16.42 4 850 1558 19.6 18.2 91 1.5 18.6 227 39 306.7 309.6 297.4 353.7 15.63 5 800 2079 16.8 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 246 36 309.0 311.8 297.7 354.8 15.06 6 750 2628 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 266 33 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.5 12.61 7 700 3205 8.7 7.9 95 0.8 8.2 262 28 312.1 313.9 294.7 341.7 9.60 8 650 3815 4.9 1.0 76 3.9 2.8 248 33 314.5 315.7 292.9 334.5 6.34 9 600 4461 -0.8 -3.9 79 3.1 -2.3 236 39 315.2 316.1 291.8 330.4 4.77 10 550 5149 -6.0 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.6 238 45 317.0 317.7 291.7 329.9 4.00 11 500 5891 -9.3 -10.7 90 1.4 -9.9 251 48 321.7 322.4 292.5 332.9 3.40 12 450 6700 -13.7 -15.5 86 1.8 -14.3 263 49 326.1 326.6 293.0 334.7 2.55 13 400 7586 -18.8 -21.0 83 2.2 -19.5 271 47 330.5 330.9 293.5 336.8 1.79 14 350 8567 -25.3 -28.0 78 2.8 -25.9 282 44 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.09 15 300 9669 -32.9 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.3 299 44 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10927 -42.4 -45.8 69 3.4 -42.7 314 47 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.25 17 200 12394 -54.3 -58.3 61 4.0 -54.5 315 51 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14175 -67.4 -71.7 55 4.3 -67.5 322 39 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16685 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 232 9 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.48 m Freezing level: 607.07 mb = 4369.69 m = 14336.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.79 mb = 4159.92 m = 13647.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.82 mb = 578.48 m = 1897.87 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 24.88 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1597.25 m = 5240.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 27.47 C K Index: 46.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 568.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2441.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.80 mb = 1120.59 m = 3676.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.80 mb = 2307.32 m = 7569.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.80 mb = 14224.54 m = 46667.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2404.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 436.9 neg: -6.3 tot: 430.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.51 Bulk Rich Number: 23.14 Bulk Shear: 105.50 m/s