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: 44.71,-95.24 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 975 319 30.6 26.5 79 4.1 27.4 133 9 306.0 310.3 301.4 375.1 22.85 2 950 546 28.6 25.1 82 3.4 26.0 137 13 306.2 310.2 300.8 371.4 21.61 3 900 1026 24.6 23.0 91 1.6 23.5 159 14 306.9 310.6 300.1 367.4 20.04 4 850 1526 21.7 16.6 73 5.1 18.1 208 6 308.9 311.5 297.0 351.6 14.09 5 800 2051 20.6 -1.8 22 22.4 8.6 224 3 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.4 4.19 6 750 2604 17.7 -6.8 18 24.5 5.7 346 10 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.8 3.06 7 700 3190 13.7 0.9 41 12.9 6.5 334 18 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.3 5.82 8 650 3807 8.0 -4.9 40 12.9 1.6 312 19 318.0 318.8 292.0 331.2 4.08 9 600 4461 2.6 -5.4 56 8.0 -1.3 302 26 319.1 320.0 292.5 333.0 4.27 10 550 5157 -3.6 -11.3 55 7.7 -6.8 302 30 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.5 2.94 11 500 5901 -9.6 -18.5 48 8.9 -12.5 317 30 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.4 1.78 12 450 6706 -14.9 -27.5 33 12.6 -18.0 316 25 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.6 0.89 13 400 7586 -20.6 -42.1 13 21.5 -23.7 304 24 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.24 14 350 8558 -28.0 -45.1 18 17.1 -29.9 296 25 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.19 15 300 9644 -36.6 -54.4 14 17.8 -37.7 275 26 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 16 250 10883 -45.5 -59.4 19 13.9 -46.0 251 28 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12336 -55.2 -66.9 22 11.7 -55.4 254 23 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14135 -62.3 -74.3 19 12.0 -62.4 296 28 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16652 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 275 11 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.71 m Freezing level: 578.94 mb = 4754.18 m = 15597.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.10 mb = 4165.45 m = 13666.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.20 % Est. max temperature: 35.55 C = 95.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.44 mb = 845.72 m = 2774.62 ft T: 26.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 49.28 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1325.23 m = 4347.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -12.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -17.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.25 C Cross Totals Index: 26.14 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5496.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 104.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.70 mb = 1146.21 m = 3760.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.70 mb = 1498.33 m = 4915.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 842.70 mb = 1600.81 m = 5251.94 ft B at Equ Level: 6.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 802.70 mb = 2022.07 m = 6634.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.8 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 337.8 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.4 neg: -14.7 tot: 74.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.05 Bulk Rich Number: 45.93 Bulk Shear: 119.68 m/s