MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.98,-92.55 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -92.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 983 316 26.3 21.1 73 5.2 22.6 170 11 301.0 304.0 296.4 348.8 16.27 2 950 612 24.2 19.4 75 4.8 20.8 175 20 301.8 304.6 295.8 346.4 15.13 3 900 1084 20.4 16.4 78 4.0 17.7 185 25 302.5 305.0 294.7 341.5 13.17 4 850 1577 18.5 16.4 87 2.1 17.1 224 21 305.6 308.2 296.0 347.3 13.95 5 800 2095 15.3 13.1 87 2.2 13.8 238 19 307.4 309.6 295.1 343.4 11.94 6 750 2640 11.8 11.0 95 0.8 11.3 257 21 309.3 311.4 295.0 343.0 11.04 7 700 3215 8.5 3.9 73 4.6 5.8 237 17 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.4 7.24 8 650 3825 5.2 -3.8 52 9.0 0.7 247 18 314.9 315.7 291.5 329.1 4.45 9 600 4472 0.3 -5.1 67 5.4 -2.3 267 22 316.4 317.3 291.8 330.4 4.36 10 550 5164 -4.8 -9.8 68 5.0 -6.9 276 28 318.4 319.1 291.5 329.3 3.31 11 500 5905 -10.7 -17.3 58 6.6 -12.9 272 32 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.98 12 450 6707 -15.7 -25.3 44 9.5 -18.1 268 31 323.4 323.7 290.9 327.3 1.09 13 400 7586 -20.7 -39.2 17 18.5 -23.6 273 35 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.32 14 350 8557 -28.4 -40.0 32 11.6 -29.9 275 34 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.33 15 300 9642 -37.4 -48.5 31 11.0 -38.2 280 28 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10871 -48.0 -56.2 38 8.3 -48.3 288 23 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.08 17 200 12308 -56.9 -63.6 43 6.7 -57.1 275 26 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14124 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.7 264 22 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16686 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 221 11 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.13 m Freezing level: 597.47 mb = 4507.11 m = 14786.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.14 mb = 3973.58 m = 13036.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.84 mb = 979.21 m = 3212.59 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 18.27 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1919.73 m = 6298.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.10 C = 89.78 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -6.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 27.08 C K Index: 40.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1681.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.33 mb = 1343.17 m = 4406.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.33 mb = 2659.07 m = 8723.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.33 mb = 12687.80 m = 41626.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1639.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.33 mb = 15110.11 m = 49573.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.9 neg: -17.2 tot: 159.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.76 Bulk Rich Number: 21.19 Bulk Shear: 79.37 m/s