MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.14,-96.01 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -96.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 957 522 26.9 22.0 74 4.9 23.3 164 12 303.9 307.1 298.0 356.4 17.65 2 950 586 26.4 21.4 74 5.0 22.8 165 17 303.9 307.1 297.7 354.8 17.09 3 900 1061 21.9 20.0 89 2.0 20.5 173 24 304.1 307.2 297.4 353.3 16.53 4 850 1557 21.0 14.5 66 6.5 16.6 202 35 308.2 310.5 295.6 345.5 12.31 5 800 2080 18.0 12.8 71 5.2 14.6 216 37 310.4 312.6 295.7 346.0 11.68 6 750 2632 15.2 14.1 93 1.0 14.5 233 27 313.1 315.7 297.7 355.2 13.66 7 700 3214 12.1 3.6 56 8.5 7.2 242 15 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.4 7.12 8 650 3830 8.0 -9.9 27 17.9 0.0 252 16 318.0 318.6 290.9 327.1 2.77 9 600 4484 2.2 -7.4 49 9.7 -2.3 264 23 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.6 3.65 10 550 5178 -4.4 -9.9 65 5.5 -6.7 269 27 318.9 319.5 291.6 329.6 3.28 11 500 5919 -10.5 -11.6 92 1.0 -10.9 273 30 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.6 3.15 12 450 6721 -16.1 -23.3 54 7.2 -18.0 287 30 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.5 1.30 13 400 7598 -21.0 -36.5 23 15.5 -23.6 295 28 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.42 14 350 8572 -27.9 -41.4 26 13.5 -29.6 300 26 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.29 15 300 9658 -37.3 -50.1 25 12.7 -38.2 306 27 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 16 250 10888 -48.1 -57.5 33 9.3 -48.4 299 28 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12321 -57.4 -65.0 37 7.7 -57.5 275 29 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14126 -58.8 -78.4 6 19.6 -59.0 281 26 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16676 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 226 10 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.30 m Freezing level: 583.10 mb = 4718.47 m = 15480.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.57 mb = 3835.73 m = 12584.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.03 C = 91.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.05 mb = 1148.11 m = 3766.71 ft T: 21.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 28.06 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2240.52 m = 7350.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.39 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -8.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2891.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.21 mb = 1474.01 m = 4835.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.21 mb = 3663.04 m = 12017.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.21 mb = 13223.19 m = 43382.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2861.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.6 neg: -29.9 tot: 294.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.86 Bulk Rich Number: 30.20 Bulk Shear: 95.75 m/s