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: 44.51,-94.95 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -94.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 975 313 30.5 26.7 80 3.8 27.6 131 9 305.8 310.2 301.6 375.9 23.20 2 950 548 28.2 25.6 86 2.6 26.3 135 13 305.8 310.0 301.1 373.0 22.29 3 900 1027 24.6 23.2 92 1.4 23.6 165 14 306.9 310.7 300.2 368.1 20.27 4 850 1527 21.4 17.4 78 3.9 18.6 220 7 308.5 311.3 297.4 353.7 14.90 5 800 2052 20.4 0.0 26 20.4 9.2 258 5 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.0 4.79 6 750 2605 17.7 -7.3 18 24.9 5.6 338 11 315.8 316.3 290.4 325.3 2.95 7 700 3190 13.8 -0.9 36 14.7 5.8 335 21 317.8 318.8 292.9 334.2 5.11 8 650 3808 8.0 -5.9 37 13.9 1.3 317 21 318.0 318.8 291.8 330.3 3.79 9 600 4461 2.6 -6.8 50 9.5 -1.9 308 27 319.2 319.9 292.2 331.6 3.82 10 550 5157 -3.5 -10.1 60 6.7 -6.3 308 31 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.6 3.22 11 500 5901 -9.5 -16.8 55 7.3 -12.0 322 29 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.4 2.06 12 450 6707 -14.7 -28.2 31 13.5 -17.9 319 24 324.8 325.0 291.1 327.8 0.83 13 400 7588 -20.7 -42.1 13 21.3 -23.8 310 23 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.24 14 350 8560 -27.8 -48.0 13 20.2 -29.9 298 24 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.14 15 300 9647 -36.5 -55.4 12 18.9 -37.7 273 24 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.07 16 250 10886 -45.4 -60.8 16 15.4 -46.0 249 28 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.04 17 200 12340 -55.2 -66.8 22 11.6 -55.4 243 27 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14137 -62.4 -74.4 19 12.0 -62.5 299 28 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16653 -60.4 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 276 12 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.79 m Freezing level: 578.44 mb = 4761.54 m = 15621.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.87 mb = 4064.56 m = 13335.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.84 % Est. max temperature: 35.27 C = 95.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.09 mb = 792.78 m = 2600.95 ft T: 26.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 50.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1205.61 m = 3955.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 21.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -12.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -17.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.82 C Cross Totals Index: 26.90 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5725.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 107.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.01 mb = 1075.83 m = 3529.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.01 mb = 1323.82 m = 4343.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.01 mb = 1944.60 m = 6379.85 ft B at Equ Level: 12.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.4 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 342.4 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.0 neg: -8.4 tot: 109.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.08 Bulk Rich Number: 43.82 Bulk Shear: 130.66 m/s