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: 45.18,-93.89 Latitude: 45.18 Longitude: -93.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 303 27.1 23.8 82 3.3 24.7 179 11 301.8 305.4 298.5 358.8 19.27 2 950 599 25.2 21.8 82 3.3 22.8 184 21 302.7 306.0 297.7 354.9 17.61 3 900 1072 20.8 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 190 24 302.9 306.0 297.3 353.0 16.90 4 850 1565 18.1 15.9 87 2.2 16.6 224 22 305.2 307.7 295.6 345.5 13.49 5 800 2083 15.0 13.5 91 1.5 14.0 239 18 307.2 309.5 295.3 344.2 12.26 6 750 2628 11.6 10.9 95 0.7 11.2 250 19 309.1 311.2 294.9 342.5 10.97 7 700 3203 8.5 8.0 97 0.5 8.2 236 17 311.9 313.7 294.7 341.6 9.65 8 650 3813 4.8 3.3 90 1.5 3.9 218 16 314.4 315.9 293.8 337.9 7.48 9 600 4461 0.4 -3.2 77 3.6 -1.4 229 19 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.8 5.06 10 550 5154 -4.8 -6.0 91 1.3 -5.4 265 25 318.4 319.3 292.4 332.8 4.43 11 500 5897 -8.9 -11.0 84 2.2 -9.8 271 37 322.2 322.9 292.6 333.2 3.29 12 450 6705 -13.7 -18.5 68 4.7 -15.3 269 42 326.0 326.3 292.4 332.8 1.98 13 400 7589 -20.6 -29.1 46 8.6 -22.4 274 45 328.3 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.86 14 350 8560 -28.4 -41.5 27 13.1 -30.0 281 42 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.29 15 300 9645 -37.4 -49.0 29 11.6 -38.2 290 44 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.15 16 250 10876 -47.5 -57.5 31 10.0 -47.9 297 41 335.4 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.06 17 200 12314 -57.4 -63.5 46 6.1 -57.5 286 31 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14122 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 269 28 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16682 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.2 234 12 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.38 m Freezing level: 595.71 mb = 4520.85 m = 14832.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.00 mb = 4287.75 m = 14067.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.59 mb = 722.89 m = 2371.66 ft T: 24.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 26.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 1062.19 m = 3484.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -7.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 42.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3366.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.51 mb = 1037.57 m = 3404.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.51 mb = 1182.61 m = 3879.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.51 mb = 13390.22 m = 43930.63 ft B at Equ Level: 3312.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.4 neg: -10.0 tot: 123.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.76 Bulk Rich Number: 68.32 Bulk Shear: 49.27 m/s