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: 44.91,-95.40 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 974 321 30.5 26.1 78 4.4 27.2 136 8 305.9 310.1 301.2 373.6 22.40 2 950 545 28.5 24.8 80 3.7 25.7 140 12 306.1 310.1 300.5 369.9 21.16 3 900 1025 24.3 23.1 93 1.3 23.4 152 13 306.6 310.3 300.1 367.3 20.12 4 850 1525 22.4 14.7 62 7.7 17.1 193 6 309.6 311.9 296.1 347.4 12.43 5 800 2050 20.5 -1.1 23 21.6 8.9 194 4 313.0 313.9 290.9 327.0 4.41 6 750 2603 17.7 -5.3 20 22.9 6.1 351 9 315.8 316.5 290.8 326.9 3.45 7 700 3188 13.7 0.3 40 13.4 6.2 332 17 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.6 5.61 8 650 3806 8.0 -5.2 39 13.2 1.5 310 18 318.0 318.8 292.0 331.0 3.99 9 600 4460 2.5 -4.6 59 7.1 -1.0 298 26 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.7 4.54 10 550 5156 -3.6 -10.6 58 7.0 -6.5 298 30 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.10 11 500 5899 -9.7 -21.6 37 11.9 -13.2 312 31 321.3 321.5 290.6 325.9 1.36 12 450 6704 -15.1 -31.1 24 16.0 -18.6 312 27 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.63 13 400 7583 -20.8 -42.1 13 21.3 -23.8 302 26 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.24 14 350 8556 -28.0 -44.9 18 16.8 -29.9 291 26 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.20 15 300 9642 -36.7 -53.8 15 17.1 -37.8 276 27 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.08 16 250 10880 -45.5 -59.6 19 14.1 -46.0 253 27 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12334 -55.1 -67.0 21 11.9 -55.3 261 23 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14133 -62.3 -74.6 18 12.3 -62.4 291 28 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16651 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 275 11 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.03 m Freezing level: 579.45 mb = 4745.83 m = 15570.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.84 mb = 4194.12 m = 13760.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.44 % Est. max temperature: 35.87 C = 96.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.26 mb = 875.58 m = 2872.61 ft T: 25.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 46.63 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1621.14 m = 5318.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.76 C = 94.57 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -12.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -16.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5296.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 102.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.67 mb = 1165.20 m = 3822.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.67 mb = 2824.69 m = 9267.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.67 mb = 14531.74 m = 47675.72 ft B at Equ Level: 5263.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 334.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.8 neg: -19.8 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.45 Bulk Rich Number: 46.09 Bulk Shear: 114.91 m/s