MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.08,-95.75 Latitude: 44.08 Longitude: -95.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 960 482 28.2 24.2 79 4.0 25.2 154 4 304.9 308.6 299.7 365.2 20.15 2 950 578 26.6 23.2 82 3.4 24.0 156 5 304.2 307.7 299.0 361.3 19.13 3 900 1053 22.0 21.7 98 0.3 21.8 182 7 304.2 307.6 298.5 359.3 18.48 4 850 1549 18.8 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 237 9 305.8 308.6 296.8 351.0 15.09 5 800 2068 15.6 12.2 80 3.4 13.4 223 14 307.8 309.9 294.7 341.8 11.24 6 750 2614 13.9 6.4 61 7.5 9.3 255 16 311.6 313.1 293.4 336.5 8.05 7 700 3194 11.8 -10.5 20 22.3 1.9 306 26 315.5 316.0 289.8 323.5 2.45 8 650 3807 6.6 -5.9 40 12.5 0.6 297 36 316.4 317.2 291.3 328.7 3.80 9 600 4457 1.0 -12.5 36 13.5 -4.4 289 37 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.4 2.44 10 550 5149 -4.2 -17.8 34 13.6 -8.9 284 40 319.1 319.5 290.2 324.9 1.72 11 500 5892 -10.0 -21.3 39 11.3 -13.4 283 38 320.9 321.1 290.5 325.7 1.40 12 450 6696 -14.7 -34.0 18 19.3 -18.6 284 35 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.48 13 400 7577 -20.6 -40.0 16 19.3 -23.6 287 36 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.29 14 350 8550 -27.6 -50.6 9 23.1 -29.7 284 37 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 15 300 9638 -36.6 -54.1 15 17.5 -37.7 275 36 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 16 250 10874 -46.3 -59.3 21 13.1 -46.7 262 39 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12324 -54.7 -64.3 30 9.6 -54.9 238 73 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14141 -57.8 -78.6 5 20.8 -58.0 270 35 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16678 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 223 14 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.93 m Freezing level: 590.04 mb = 4594.77 m = 15074.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.99 mb = 3882.37 m = 12737.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.36 mb = 991.30 m = 3252.26 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 41.71 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1163.13 m = 3816.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -10.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 27.60 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3764.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.99 mb = 1150.28 m = 3773.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.99 mb = 1199.13 m = 3934.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.99 mb = 13539.18 m = 44419.33 ft B at Equ Level: 3725.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 157.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.42 Bulk Rich Number: 34.43 Bulk Shear: 109.34 m/s