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: 44.96,-94.69 Latitude: 44.96 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 977 347 25.6 21.6 78 4.1 22.7 166 12 300.8 303.8 296.7 350.1 16.80 2 950 596 23.8 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 169 21 301.4 304.3 296.3 348.4 15.98 3 900 1068 22.6 10.8 47 11.8 15.1 188 23 304.8 306.5 292.3 332.0 9.06 4 850 1563 20.7 10.7 53 10.0 14.3 216 26 307.9 309.7 293.5 336.9 9.56 5 800 2085 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.1 227 32 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.7 11.47 6 750 2635 13.8 11.0 83 2.9 12.0 240 25 311.6 313.7 295.6 345.5 11.04 7 700 3213 9.9 4.2 67 5.8 6.5 242 15 313.5 314.9 293.4 336.5 7.38 8 650 3825 6.6 -7.2 37 13.8 0.2 255 20 316.5 317.1 291.0 327.6 3.43 9 600 4475 0.6 -5.8 62 6.5 -2.4 273 26 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.13 10 550 5166 -5.1 -8.3 78 3.2 -6.5 276 32 318.0 318.7 291.7 330.1 3.71 11 500 5906 -11.0 -11.9 93 0.8 -11.4 275 32 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.08 12 450 6709 -15.8 -17.2 90 1.3 -16.3 283 28 323.3 323.8 291.9 330.8 2.21 13 400 7585 -21.7 -32.2 38 10.5 -23.7 291 32 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.64 14 350 8557 -27.9 -39.3 33 11.4 -29.4 300 31 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.36 15 300 9642 -37.5 -49.8 27 12.3 -38.4 296 30 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10871 -48.5 -55.2 46 6.7 -48.8 297 32 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12302 -57.7 -64.0 44 6.3 -57.8 259 36 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 14114 -57.0 -79.1 4 22.1 -57.2 271 22 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16678 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 233 10 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.35 m Freezing level: 594.59 mb = 4549.42 m = 14925.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.29 mb = 3871.29 m = 12700.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.05 mb = 866.00 m = 2841.16 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.30 mb = 2777.69 m = 9113.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.86 C = 98.35 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 36.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1096.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 300.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.64 mb = 1710.13 m = 5610.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.64 mb = 4331.90 m = 14212.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.64 mb = 12281.55 m = 40293.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1083.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.64 mb = 14521.87 m = 47643.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.5 neg: -29.2 tot: 212.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 10.45 Bulk Shear: 104.96 m/s