MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.04,-95.00 Latitude: 44.04 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 971 385 27.4 24.2 83 3.2 25.0 158 8 303.1 306.8 299.2 362.6 20.00 2 950 580 26.0 23.4 86 2.6 24.0 167 14 303.5 307.1 299.0 361.3 19.39 3 900 1055 22.2 22.0 98 0.3 22.1 193 17 304.4 307.9 298.8 360.4 18.75 4 850 1552 19.2 18.3 95 0.9 18.5 229 14 306.2 309.2 297.4 353.5 15.75 5 800 2071 15.8 12.7 82 3.0 13.8 246 17 308.0 310.1 295.1 343.2 11.65 6 750 2617 13.7 4.1 52 9.6 8.1 298 12 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.8 6.87 7 700 3196 11.2 -7.1 27 18.3 2.5 317 19 314.9 315.5 290.3 325.3 3.21 8 650 3809 6.9 -3.6 47 10.6 1.6 297 30 316.8 317.7 292.0 331.3 4.51 9 600 4460 1.3 -3.7 69 5.0 -1.2 283 36 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.2 4.85 10 550 5153 -4.9 -6.4 89 1.5 -5.5 276 39 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.3 4.32 11 500 5894 -10.3 -19.2 48 9.0 -13.1 282 38 320.5 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.67 12 450 6699 -14.2 -34.3 16 20.1 -18.3 285 32 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.46 13 400 7582 -20.2 -43.1 11 22.8 -23.5 294 33 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.21 14 350 8555 -28.0 -47.3 14 19.4 -29.9 301 36 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 15 300 9642 -36.8 -55.5 13 18.7 -37.9 301 38 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 16 250 10876 -46.6 -60.9 18 14.3 -47.1 283 36 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 12323 -55.8 -66.8 24 11.0 -56.0 257 45 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 14141 -57.2 -77.2 6 19.9 -57.5 260 31 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16684 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 244 12 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.37 m Freezing level: 589.61 mb = 4604.18 m = 15105.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.52 mb = 4173.57 m = 13692.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.00 mb = 786.12 m = 2579.10 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 37.29 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1096.87 m = 3598.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -10.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -8.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.42 C Cross Totals Index: 28.55 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4156.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.76 mb = 1038.13 m = 3405.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.76 mb = 1184.00 m = 3884.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.76 mb = 13471.30 m = 44196.64 ft B at Equ Level: 4142.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -158.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.4 neg: -24.3 tot: 123.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.83 Bulk Rich Number: 31.47 Bulk Shear: 132.05 m/s