MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.93,-95.80 Latitude: 46.93 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 964 441 28.0 21.1 66 6.9 23.0 202 14 304.3 307.4 297.4 353.7 16.55 2 950 566 25.6 19.9 71 5.7 21.5 204 16 303.2 306.0 296.5 349.3 15.56 3 900 1039 20.8 18.8 88 2.1 19.4 207 19 303.0 305.8 296.3 348.3 15.31 4 850 1531 16.6 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 225 22 303.6 306.0 295.0 342.8 13.21 5 800 2047 15.2 0.6 37 14.6 7.4 258 27 307.4 308.3 289.6 322.8 5.00 6 750 2590 12.0 -3.9 33 15.9 4.1 259 31 309.6 310.3 289.2 321.6 3.81 7 700 3163 8.3 -10.7 25 19.0 0.2 259 35 311.6 312.1 288.6 319.5 2.42 8 650 3769 4.0 -21.3 14 25.3 -4.3 261 38 313.5 313.7 287.8 317.1 1.07 9 600 4413 -0.6 -23.5 16 22.9 -7.5 262 39 315.5 315.6 288.3 318.8 0.96 10 550 5101 -5.1 -31.0 11 26.0 -11.3 262 36 318.1 318.2 288.7 319.9 0.52 11 500 5842 -10.1 -26.9 24 16.7 -14.5 263 34 320.7 320.8 289.9 323.6 0.85 12 450 6644 -16.3 -26.1 42 9.9 -18.7 266 31 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.3 1.01 13 400 7519 -22.2 -35.1 30 12.9 -24.4 270 29 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.9 0.48 14 350 8486 -29.1 -49.5 12 20.4 -31.0 276 27 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.12 15 300 9567 -38.3 -54.5 17 16.1 -39.2 278 29 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.08 16 250 10791 -49.0 -54.6 52 5.6 -49.2 280 33 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12228 -53.8 -67.1 18 13.2 -54.1 273 32 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14076 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 254 24 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16664 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 225 9 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.87 m Freezing level: 606.15 mb = 4333.74 m = 14218.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.83 mb = 3187.95 m = 10459.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.85 mb = 1312.74 m = 4306.84 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 36.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.31 mb = 1367.59 m = 4486.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.73 C K Index: 23.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2434.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.85 mb = 1342.34 m = 4403.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.85 mb = 1392.03 m = 4566.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.85 mb = 2005.77 m = 6580.51 ft B at Equ Level: 9.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.85 mb = 15836.25 m = 51955.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.11 Bulk Rich Number: 30.91 Bulk Shear: 78.75 m/s