MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.22,-93.61 Latitude: 44.22 Longitude: -93.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 977 329 21.4 21.2 99 0.2 21.3 198 6 296.6 299.5 295.3 344.0 16.43 2 950 569 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.6 211 19 298.3 301.3 295.6 345.5 16.24 3 900 1038 20.7 19.5 93 1.2 19.9 248 35 302.8 305.8 296.7 350.4 16.08 4 850 1532 17.9 17.3 97 0.6 17.5 273 34 304.9 307.6 296.4 349.0 14.78 5 800 2050 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.7 281 29 307.4 309.9 295.8 346.5 12.93 6 750 2595 12.1 10.4 89 1.7 11.0 267 26 309.8 311.8 294.8 342.1 10.62 7 700 3171 9.4 6.4 82 2.9 7.6 259 24 312.9 314.5 294.3 339.7 8.68 8 650 3784 6.7 -1.9 54 8.5 2.2 263 25 316.5 317.5 292.5 332.9 5.14 9 600 4434 1.4 -17.4 23 18.8 -5.4 268 24 317.7 318.1 289.8 323.2 1.62 10 550 5128 -3.2 -23.2 20 20.0 -9.3 272 27 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.1 1.08 11 500 5873 -9.3 -23.2 31 13.9 -13.3 275 28 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.8 1.18 12 450 6680 -13.4 -38.1 11 24.7 -18.0 284 24 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.32 13 400 7566 -19.0 -43.2 10 24.3 -22.5 286 25 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.21 14 350 8543 -27.5 -37.5 38 10.0 -28.9 290 28 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.4 0.43 15 300 9633 -35.4 -39.4 67 3.9 -35.9 305 26 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.0 0.42 16 250 10879 -44.6 -48.1 68 3.5 -44.8 359 16 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.20 17 200 12328 -57.8 -61.9 60 4.0 -57.9 38 16 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.4 0.05 18 150 14101 -59.2 -77.3 8 18.2 -59.4 299 33 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16647 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 228 8 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.90 m Freezing level: 584.66 mb = 4647.22 m = 15246.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.64 mb = 3965.19 m = 13008.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.72 mb = 354.87 m = 1164.26 ft T: 21.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 27.24 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1323.88 m = 4343.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.59 C K Index: 41.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1651.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.53 mb = 879.96 m = 2886.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.53 mb = 2356.10 m = 7729.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.53 mb = 12924.65 m = 42403.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1627.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.53 mb = 15422.06 m = 50596.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.7 neg: -34.1 tot: 284.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.28 Bulk Rich Number: 31.47 Bulk Shear: 52.48 m/s