MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.59,-93.07 Latitude: 46.59 Longitude: -93.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 972 392 24.2 23.0 93 1.2 23.3 163 10 299.7 303.1 297.5 353.9 18.52 2 950 596 21.8 21.3 97 0.5 21.5 172 18 299.3 302.4 296.4 348.9 17.00 3 900 1065 19.3 18.3 94 1.0 18.7 192 33 301.4 304.2 295.6 345.3 14.89 4 850 1556 16.8 15.7 93 1.1 16.1 217 31 303.7 306.2 295.1 343.3 13.32 5 800 2072 14.2 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 248 30 306.3 308.5 294.7 341.5 11.70 6 750 2615 11.1 10.4 96 0.7 10.7 257 29 308.6 310.6 294.6 341.0 10.64 7 700 3190 8.3 7.2 93 1.1 7.6 267 30 311.6 313.4 294.3 339.7 9.12 8 650 3798 4.1 0.5 77 3.6 2.1 275 34 313.6 314.8 292.4 332.8 6.10 9 600 4444 -0.7 -4.0 78 3.3 -2.3 262 37 315.3 316.2 291.8 330.4 4.73 10 550 5134 -5.1 -11.3 62 6.2 -7.7 261 39 318.0 318.6 291.0 327.6 2.93 11 500 5874 -10.8 -18.0 55 7.2 -13.2 255 39 319.8 320.2 290.6 326.1 1.85 12 450 6675 -16.5 -25.4 46 8.8 -18.7 248 41 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.2 1.08 13 400 7551 -21.1 -41.1 15 20.0 -24.0 242 42 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.26 14 350 8522 -28.3 -45.8 17 17.5 -30.2 239 40 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.18 15 300 9608 -36.9 -51.4 21 14.6 -37.8 232 36 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 16 250 10842 -47.0 -56.1 34 9.2 -47.3 211 30 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 17 200 12281 -57.9 -62.4 56 4.5 -58.0 198 29 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.04 18 150 14106 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 248 25 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16677 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 215 13 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.94 m Freezing level: 607.21 mb = 4350.71 m = 14273.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.09 mb = 4100.40 m = 13452.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.65 mb = 535.31 m = 1756.24 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 27.87 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 1046.21 m = 3432.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -6.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 42.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2250.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.01 mb = 959.61 m = 3148.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.01 mb = 1297.14 m = 4255.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.01 mb = 12741.43 m = 41802.09 ft B at Equ Level: 2218.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.01 mb = 15735.78 m = 51625.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 385.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.19 Bulk Rich Number: 15.31 Bulk Shear: 146.99 m/s