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: 45.22,-93.97 Latitude: 45.22 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 982 307 27.0 23.9 83 3.1 24.7 181 11 301.7 305.3 298.5 358.9 19.33 2 950 598 25.2 21.8 81 3.5 22.7 186 21 302.8 306.0 297.7 354.7 17.53 3 900 1071 20.8 20.3 97 0.5 20.5 191 24 302.9 306.1 297.3 353.0 16.87 4 850 1565 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 224 22 305.0 307.5 295.6 345.1 13.42 5 800 2082 14.9 13.3 90 1.6 13.8 244 18 307.0 309.3 295.1 343.6 12.12 6 750 2627 11.4 10.7 95 0.7 11.0 254 19 309.0 311.0 294.8 342.0 10.86 7 700 3202 8.3 8.0 98 0.4 8.1 242 16 311.7 313.6 294.7 341.5 9.66 8 650 3811 4.9 4.1 95 0.8 4.4 218 15 314.5 316.0 294.1 339.2 7.91 9 600 4460 0.5 -1.4 87 1.9 -0.5 225 20 316.7 317.8 293.1 335.0 5.77 10 550 5153 -4.5 -5.2 95 0.7 -4.8 262 25 318.7 319.7 292.8 334.0 4.73 11 500 5897 -8.6 -9.7 92 1.1 -9.1 270 36 322.5 323.2 293.0 334.6 3.66 12 450 6706 -13.5 -15.8 82 2.3 -14.3 267 41 326.3 326.8 293.0 334.8 2.48 13 400 7591 -20.4 -26.1 60 5.7 -21.8 272 45 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.5 1.13 14 350 8563 -28.6 -39.9 33 11.3 -30.0 280 43 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.5 0.34 15 300 9647 -37.5 -48.8 30 11.3 -38.3 290 44 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.15 16 250 10877 -47.6 -57.3 32 9.7 -48.0 298 42 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.07 17 200 12314 -57.5 -63.5 46 6.0 -57.6 286 31 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.04 18 150 14122 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 269 28 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16683 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 234 12 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.86 m Freezing level: 595.08 mb = 4528.21 m = 14856.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.16 mb = 4390.73 m = 14405.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.76 mb = 702.35 m = 2304.26 ft T: 24.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 24.85 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 1078.93 m = 3539.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.84 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.40 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 42.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3353.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.31 mb = 1048.99 m = 3441.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.31 mb = 1194.00 m = 3917.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.31 mb = 13070.80 m = 42882.67 ft B at Equ Level: 3352.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.3 neg: -9.4 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.59 Bulk Rich Number: 73.34 Bulk Shear: 45.72 m/s