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: 46.90,-93.12 Latitude: 46.90 Longitude: -93.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 973 389 24.1 22.8 93 1.2 23.2 159 9 299.6 302.9 297.3 353.1 18.30 2 950 595 21.6 21.3 99 0.2 21.4 165 18 299.1 302.2 296.4 348.8 17.07 3 900 1063 19.1 18.5 96 0.7 18.7 192 33 301.2 304.0 295.6 345.5 15.04 4 850 1554 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 217 28 303.7 306.2 295.3 344.0 13.54 5 800 2070 14.1 12.8 92 1.3 13.2 247 27 306.2 308.4 294.6 341.2 11.67 6 750 2613 11.2 9.7 91 1.5 10.2 258 27 308.7 310.6 294.2 339.5 10.12 7 700 3187 8.3 4.0 74 4.3 5.8 264 32 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.3 7.29 8 650 3795 3.9 -2.4 64 6.3 0.7 267 35 313.3 314.3 291.4 329.0 4.94 9 600 4440 -1.0 -4.0 80 3.0 -2.4 260 38 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.1 4.75 10 550 5128 -5.9 -14.1 52 8.2 -8.9 263 40 317.1 317.5 290.2 324.8 2.34 11 500 5866 -11.3 -24.4 33 13.2 -14.8 256 40 319.3 319.5 289.6 323.0 1.06 12 450 6664 -17.3 -27.1 42 9.8 -19.6 244 41 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.8 0.92 13 400 7539 -21.3 -45.3 10 24.0 -24.4 240 43 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 14 350 8508 -28.5 -48.7 13 20.1 -30.4 238 42 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9594 -36.9 -52.8 18 15.8 -37.9 229 42 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10829 -46.6 -54.6 40 8.0 -47.0 209 39 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12271 -57.4 -62.0 55 4.7 -57.5 204 39 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 14103 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 249 24 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16677 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 214 12 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.32 m Freezing level: 610.41 mb = 4305.24 m = 14124.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.58 mb = 3937.55 m = 12918.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.00 mb = 540.26 m = 1772.50 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 24.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 962.50 m = 3157.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 27.21 C K Index: 39.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 516.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2297.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.82 mb = 921.98 m = 3024.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.82 mb = 1065.17 m = 3494.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.82 mb = 12604.07 m = 41351.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2282.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.82 mb = 15529.45 m = 50949.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 365.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.96 Bulk Rich Number: 14.69 Bulk Shear: 156.41 m/s