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: 46.97,-93.12 Latitude: 46.97 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 973 390 24.0 22.7 92 1.3 23.0 159 10 299.5 302.8 297.1 352.4 18.08 2 950 595 21.5 21.3 99 0.2 21.3 166 17 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.6 17.01 3 900 1063 19.2 18.3 95 0.9 18.6 192 33 301.3 304.0 295.6 345.1 14.90 4 850 1554 16.7 15.9 95 0.9 16.2 219 28 303.7 306.2 295.2 343.7 13.47 5 800 2070 14.2 13.1 93 1.1 13.5 248 26 306.3 308.5 294.8 342.1 11.93 6 750 2613 11.2 8.6 84 2.5 9.6 257 27 308.7 310.5 293.7 337.4 9.41 7 700 3187 8.4 0.5 57 7.9 4.2 262 33 311.8 312.9 291.6 329.6 5.68 8 650 3794 3.9 -2.9 61 6.8 0.5 265 36 313.3 314.2 291.2 328.3 4.75 9 600 4439 -1.1 -4.2 79 3.1 -2.6 260 38 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.7 4.67 10 550 5127 -6.1 -14.4 52 8.4 -9.1 263 39 316.9 317.3 290.1 324.4 2.27 11 500 5864 -11.3 -25.9 29 14.7 -15.0 256 39 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.5 0.92 12 450 6662 -17.4 -27.3 42 9.9 -19.7 245 40 321.4 321.5 290.2 324.6 0.91 13 400 7536 -21.6 -46.8 8 25.2 -24.6 242 42 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.14 14 350 8505 -28.5 -50.4 10 21.9 -30.5 238 41 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.11 15 300 9590 -36.9 -53.1 17 16.2 -37.9 229 42 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.09 16 250 10826 -46.6 -55.0 38 8.5 -46.9 211 41 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12269 -57.3 -62.4 52 5.1 -57.4 206 40 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 14102 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 249 23 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16677 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 213 12 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.14 m Freezing level: 611.03 mb = 4296.34 m = 14095.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.13 mb = 3892.00 m = 12768.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.49 mb = 553.59 m = 1816.23 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 24.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 1010.47 m = 3315.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -5.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 27.13 C K Index: 35.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2242.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.32 mb = 935.73 m = 3069.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.32 mb = 1272.45 m = 4174.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.32 mb = 12652.53 m = 41510.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2213.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.32 mb = 15609.20 m = 51210.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 361.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.74 Bulk Rich Number: 14.52 Bulk Shear: 154.48 m/s