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: 44.26,-95.64 Latitude: 44.26 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 968 408 25.8 24.7 93 1.2 25.0 116 3 301.7 305.5 299.2 362.6 20.58 2 950 576 25.5 23.8 91 1.7 24.2 141 7 303.0 306.7 299.1 362.2 19.91 3 900 1051 22.6 22.4 99 0.2 22.5 161 10 304.8 308.4 299.2 362.4 19.26 4 850 1550 20.3 20.2 99 0.2 20.2 197 14 307.4 310.8 298.9 361.1 17.77 5 800 2071 15.9 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 224 15 308.1 310.7 296.8 350.6 14.06 6 750 2618 13.6 7.0 64 6.6 9.6 289 13 311.4 313.0 293.6 337.3 8.41 7 700 3196 10.6 -3.9 36 14.5 3.3 307 19 314.2 315.0 290.9 327.2 4.08 8 650 3808 6.2 -0.2 64 6.3 2.7 291 31 315.9 317.1 292.9 334.4 5.82 9 600 4458 0.9 -2.2 80 3.1 -0.7 279 35 317.2 318.2 292.9 334.5 5.43 10 550 5151 -4.6 -5.7 92 1.1 -5.2 273 37 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.2 4.53 11 500 5893 -10.2 -15.4 66 5.2 -12.1 277 37 320.6 321.1 291.2 328.4 2.31 12 450 6698 -14.2 -32.8 19 18.5 -18.1 283 33 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.3 0.54 13 400 7581 -19.9 -41.2 13 21.2 -23.1 295 35 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.26 14 350 8555 -27.8 -43.6 21 15.7 -29.7 307 39 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.23 15 300 9642 -37.0 -52.1 19 15.1 -37.9 310 41 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10875 -47.2 -60.8 20 13.6 -47.6 302 38 335.9 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12317 -56.4 -68.2 21 11.8 -56.6 269 38 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14133 -57.3 -78.2 5 20.8 -57.6 261 35 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16681 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 242 13 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.14 m Freezing level: 591.90 mb = 4570.56 m = 14995.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4323.34 m = 14184.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.64 mb = 551.41 m = 1809.07 ft T: 25.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 35.24 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 1062.63 m = 3486.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -11.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.17 C Showalter Index: -10.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 30.35 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 543.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4602.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.53 mb = 978.01 m = 3208.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.53 mb = 1321.59 m = 4335.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.53 mb = 13626.59 m = 44706.12 ft B at Equ Level: 4587.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 303.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.8 neg: -8.6 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.05 Bulk Rich Number: 41.08 Bulk Shear: 112.03 m/s