MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.56,-96.3 Latitude: 44.56 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 957 479 31.8 25.0 67 6.8 26.7 131 9 308.8 312.9 301.2 373.9 21.34 2 950 546 30.4 24.0 69 6.4 25.6 132 9 308.0 311.8 300.4 369.3 20.19 3 900 1028 25.5 22.8 85 2.8 23.5 136 10 307.8 311.5 300.1 367.7 19.73 4 850 1529 22.5 16.0 67 6.5 17.9 182 8 309.7 312.3 296.8 351.0 13.55 5 800 2055 20.9 -1.9 22 22.8 8.8 166 3 313.5 314.3 290.8 326.7 4.17 6 750 2608 17.7 -8.5 16 26.2 5.3 338 6 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.6 2.68 7 700 3193 13.9 1.5 43 12.4 6.8 313 17 317.9 319.1 293.7 337.4 6.10 8 650 3811 8.0 -1.2 52 9.2 3.1 305 18 318.0 319.0 293.1 335.3 5.39 9 600 4465 2.5 -6.6 51 9.0 -1.8 301 24 319.0 319.7 292.2 331.6 3.90 10 550 5160 -3.9 -7.7 75 3.8 -5.6 294 28 319.5 320.2 292.3 332.1 3.88 11 500 5903 -10.1 -16.1 61 6.0 -12.2 297 33 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.0 2.17 12 450 6708 -15.0 -32.9 20 17.9 -18.7 305 33 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.3 0.53 13 400 7587 -20.9 -40.0 16 19.0 -23.8 298 30 327.8 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.30 14 350 8559 -27.4 -48.1 12 20.7 -29.6 280 28 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.14 15 300 9649 -36.3 -55.1 13 18.8 -37.4 259 25 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.07 16 250 10889 -45.5 -62.5 13 17.1 -46.0 241 23 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12340 -55.3 -66.9 22 11.6 -55.5 259 19 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 14135 -63.6 -74.2 22 10.6 -63.7 290 27 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16649 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 276 6 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.04 m Freezing level: 580.69 mb = 4733.80 m = 15530.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.47 mb = 4217.69 m = 13837.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.12 % Est. max temperature: 35.88 C = 96.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.19 mb = 1343.18 m = 4406.70 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 49.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.52 mb = 2288.33 m = 7507.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.40 C = 99.32 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -12.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.62 C Cross Totals Index: 26.09 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4880.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 98.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.01 mb = 1539.02 m = 5049.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.01 mb = 3025.23 m = 9925.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.01 mb = 14387.28 m = 47201.79 ft B at Equ Level: 4873.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.9 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 327.9 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.6 neg: -21.4 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 48.69 Bulk Shear: 100.24 m/s