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: 44.56,-93.97 Latitude: 44.56 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 978 296 27.7 25.1 86 2.7 25.7 146 8 302.8 306.7 299.7 365.0 20.92 2 950 555 25.1 23.9 93 1.2 24.3 151 12 302.7 306.4 299.1 362.2 20.06 3 900 1031 24.0 20.2 79 3.8 21.2 214 11 306.2 309.4 298.0 356.5 16.74 4 850 1529 21.1 15.3 70 5.8 17.1 264 7 308.2 310.6 296.1 347.4 12.95 5 800 2053 18.8 6.5 45 12.3 11.3 295 5 311.2 312.6 293.0 334.7 7.61 6 750 2603 15.7 -4.4 25 20.1 5.6 313 9 313.6 314.3 290.4 325.3 3.67 7 700 3184 12.9 -8.6 21 21.5 2.9 332 23 316.8 317.3 290.6 326.1 2.85 8 650 3801 8.4 -7.9 30 16.4 0.7 330 31 318.5 319.1 291.5 329.1 3.23 9 600 4455 2.7 -13.0 30 15.8 -3.7 323 31 319.3 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.33 10 550 5150 -3.3 -14.6 41 11.3 -7.6 320 34 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.24 11 500 5895 -8.8 -23.8 28 15.1 -13.1 325 31 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.3 1.12 12 450 6702 -14.4 -31.5 22 17.1 -18.1 321 24 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.3 0.61 13 400 7584 -20.2 -43.2 11 23.0 -23.4 295 19 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.21 14 350 8559 -26.8 -50.9 8 24.0 -29.2 271 18 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 15 300 9649 -36.6 -50.9 21 14.3 -37.6 266 21 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 16 250 10888 -45.5 -62.0 14 16.6 -46.0 256 28 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 12341 -55.5 -63.8 35 8.2 -55.7 237 37 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14133 -62.7 -75.0 18 12.2 -62.9 297 25 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16651 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 279 12 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.42 m Freezing level: 577.45 mb = 4768.35 m = 15644.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.88 mb = 3903.71 m = 12807.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.09 % Est. max temperature: 34.39 C = 93.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.75 mb = 631.44 m = 2071.61 ft T: 24.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 39.65 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1661.41 m = 5450.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.87 C = 92.97 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -8.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 23.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3688.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.12 mb = 1107.46 m = 3633.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.12 mb = 2980.65 m = 9778.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.12 mb = 14253.19 m = 46761.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3627.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 349.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.0 neg: -9.0 tot: 135.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.48 Bulk Rich Number: 27.89 Bulk Shear: 132.28 m/s