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: 45.09,-94.07 Latitude: 45.09 Longitude: -94.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 981 315 26.9 23.9 84 2.9 24.7 182 11 301.7 305.2 298.5 359.0 19.42 2 950 599 25.5 21.7 79 3.8 22.8 189 21 303.1 306.3 297.7 354.8 17.44 3 900 1073 21.0 20.3 96 0.7 20.5 193 23 303.1 306.2 297.3 353.2 16.90 4 850 1566 18.0 15.3 84 2.7 16.2 225 25 305.0 307.4 295.3 343.9 13.00 5 800 2084 14.9 12.8 87 2.1 13.5 241 21 307.0 309.2 294.8 342.2 11.67 6 750 2628 11.5 10.3 92 1.2 10.7 251 22 309.1 311.1 294.6 341.2 10.55 7 700 3203 8.1 7.5 96 0.6 7.8 249 18 311.4 313.2 294.4 340.2 9.35 8 650 3812 4.7 4.3 97 0.4 4.5 215 16 314.3 315.8 294.1 339.4 8.03 9 600 4460 0.3 -0.5 94 0.9 -0.2 214 21 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.0 6.15 10 550 5153 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 253 21 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.6 4.88 11 500 5898 -8.3 -8.9 95 0.6 -8.6 271 33 322.9 323.6 293.2 335.7 3.89 12 450 6709 -13.2 -14.0 94 0.8 -13.5 271 40 326.7 327.2 293.4 336.5 2.89 13 400 7595 -19.8 -23.5 72 3.7 -20.8 274 44 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.3 1.44 14 350 8568 -28.2 -37.1 42 8.9 -29.5 281 42 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.4 0.45 15 300 9654 -37.3 -46.0 40 8.7 -38.0 290 43 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.21 16 250 10884 -47.6 -56.1 37 8.5 -48.0 297 41 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.08 17 200 12320 -57.7 -63.3 49 5.6 -57.8 288 32 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 14125 -57.4 -80.3 4 22.9 -57.6 269 28 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16683 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 237 12 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.17 m Freezing level: 596.43 mb = 4509.67 m = 14795.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.69 mb = 4437.42 m = 14558.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.54 mb = 686.61 m = 2252.64 ft T: 24.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 24.41 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1129.04 m = 3704.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.69 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 41.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3339.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.30 mb = 1079.37 m = 3541.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.30 mb = 1224.58 m = 4017.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.30 mb = 13182.77 m = 43250.03 ft B at Equ Level: 3327.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.1 neg: -7.2 tot: 131.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 87.00 Bulk Shear: 38.39 m/s