MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.44,-94.79 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -94.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 976 310 30.2 26.8 82 3.5 27.6 131 9 305.5 309.8 301.5 375.6 23.22 2 950 549 27.8 25.6 88 2.3 26.2 135 13 305.4 309.6 301.0 372.4 22.22 3 900 1028 24.5 22.9 91 1.6 23.3 170 14 306.8 310.5 300.0 366.8 19.89 4 850 1528 21.2 17.3 79 3.9 18.5 227 8 308.4 311.2 297.3 353.3 14.82 5 800 2053 20.2 2.0 30 18.2 9.9 268 6 312.7 313.7 291.7 330.1 5.54 6 750 2605 17.5 -7.7 17 25.2 5.4 333 11 315.6 316.1 290.2 324.9 2.86 7 700 3190 13.9 -3.0 31 16.9 5.0 336 23 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.0 4.37 8 650 3807 8.0 -6.4 35 14.4 1.1 319 22 318.0 318.7 291.7 329.9 3.65 9 600 4461 2.6 -8.2 45 10.9 -2.3 312 28 319.2 319.8 291.8 330.4 3.43 10 550 5157 -3.5 -9.4 64 5.9 -6.1 312 32 319.9 320.6 292.0 331.1 3.40 11 500 5901 -9.4 -18.1 49 8.7 -12.3 324 29 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.83 12 450 6707 -14.5 -30.1 25 15.5 -18.0 320 24 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.5 0.70 13 400 7588 -20.8 -42.1 13 21.3 -23.8 312 22 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.23 14 350 8561 -27.6 -48.1 12 20.5 -29.7 296 23 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.14 15 300 9649 -36.5 -54.6 14 18.1 -37.6 271 23 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 16 250 10888 -45.4 -61.8 14 16.4 -46.0 250 28 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.04 17 200 12341 -55.2 -66.1 25 10.8 -55.4 240 28 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14137 -62.5 -74.2 19 11.7 -62.6 299 27 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16653 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 277 13 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.27 m Freezing level: 578.64 mb = 4758.45 m = 15611.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.19 mb = 4008.52 m = 13151.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.01 % Est. max temperature: 35.10 C = 95.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.38 mb = 752.63 m = 2469.22 ft T: 26.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 50.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1204.33 m = 3951.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -12.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -17.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.78 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5555.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 105.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.61 mb = 1060.92 m = 3480.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.61 mb = 1308.37 m = 4292.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 811.61 mb = 1927.92 m = 6325.12 ft B at Equ Level: 12.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.3 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 344.3 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: -7.4 tot: 127.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.35 Bulk Rich Number: 40.67 Bulk Shear: 136.59 m/s