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: 44.42,-95.37 Latitude: 44.42 Longitude: -95.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 332 27.2 24.1 83 3.2 24.9 112 5 302.4 306.0 298.8 360.7 19.66 2 950 577 25.4 22.9 86 2.4 23.6 123 7 302.9 306.4 298.5 358.9 18.86 3 900 1052 22.2 21.8 98 0.4 21.9 166 10 304.4 307.8 298.7 359.7 18.54 4 850 1549 19.7 19.5 99 0.2 19.6 215 15 306.8 310.0 298.4 358.2 17.07 5 800 2070 15.6 13.4 87 2.1 14.1 239 20 307.8 310.1 295.4 344.7 12.21 6 750 2616 13.8 4.9 55 8.9 8.6 292 14 311.6 313.0 292.8 334.1 7.26 7 700 3194 10.4 -5.6 32 15.9 2.7 308 20 314.0 314.7 290.4 325.5 3.61 8 650 3805 5.9 -0.5 63 6.5 2.5 294 31 315.7 316.8 292.7 333.6 5.67 9 600 4455 0.9 -6.9 56 7.7 -2.7 282 37 317.1 317.9 291.6 329.4 3.81 10 550 5148 -4.6 -9.9 66 5.3 -6.8 276 40 318.6 319.2 291.5 329.3 3.27 11 500 5889 -10.0 -21.7 38 11.7 -13.5 279 38 320.9 321.2 290.4 325.5 1.35 12 450 6694 -14.4 -31.9 21 17.5 -18.2 282 33 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.2 0.59 13 400 7577 -20.1 -40.7 14 20.6 -23.2 293 35 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 14 350 8550 -28.0 -45.7 17 17.7 -29.9 305 39 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 15 300 9637 -37.0 -53.5 17 16.4 -38.0 308 41 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 16 250 10869 -47.2 -59.8 22 12.6 -47.7 297 38 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 17 200 12312 -56.2 -68.0 21 11.9 -56.3 266 39 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 14131 -57.1 -78.7 5 21.5 -57.4 260 34 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16681 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 240 12 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.77 m Freezing level: 592.08 mb = 4564.76 m = 14976.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.21 mb = 4107.94 m = 13477.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.14 mb = 734.55 m = 2409.90 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 34.16 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.77 mb = 1121.97 m = 3680.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -10.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: -9.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.67 C Cross Totals Index: 29.51 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 505.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4086.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.09 mb = 992.63 m = 3256.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.09 mb = 1436.59 m = 4713.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.09 mb = 13680.06 m = 44881.54 ft B at Equ Level: 4030.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.5 neg: -11.4 tot: 179.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.83 Bulk Rich Number: 30.93 Bulk Shear: 132.15 m/s