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: 46.7,-93.49 Latitude: 46.70 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 973 381 24.7 22.8 89 1.9 23.3 146 10 300.1 303.5 297.4 353.6 18.23 2 950 592 23.4 21.7 90 1.7 22.2 154 18 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.2 17.43 3 900 1063 20.9 19.8 93 1.1 20.2 187 30 303.1 306.1 297.0 351.7 16.40 4 850 1557 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 217 25 305.6 308.6 297.4 353.3 15.92 5 800 2076 15.0 14.1 94 1.0 14.4 251 22 307.2 309.5 295.6 345.5 12.71 6 750 2620 11.3 6.4 72 4.9 8.4 258 26 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.5 8.07 7 700 3193 8.3 -2.3 47 10.6 2.9 268 27 311.7 312.5 290.6 326.2 4.61 8 650 3800 3.5 -1.3 71 4.8 1.0 266 29 312.9 314.0 291.6 329.8 5.35 9 600 4445 -1.2 -3.0 88 1.8 -2.1 261 33 314.7 315.7 291.9 330.9 5.10 10 550 5133 -6.3 -8.0 88 1.7 -7.0 261 38 316.6 317.3 291.4 328.9 3.81 11 500 5870 -12.1 -16.5 70 4.4 -13.5 261 41 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.4 2.11 12 450 6669 -16.9 -25.8 46 8.8 -19.1 259 38 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.04 13 400 7543 -22.1 -41.0 16 18.9 -24.8 261 37 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.26 14 350 8510 -29.2 -55.5 6 26.3 -31.2 260 37 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.06 15 300 9591 -37.8 -58.5 10 20.7 -38.8 265 37 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 16 250 10824 -46.6 -60.8 18 14.2 -47.1 261 34 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.04 17 200 12270 -55.2 -64.8 29 9.6 -55.4 250 36 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14102 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 265 23 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 243 10 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.53 m Freezing level: 613.04 mb = 4276.59 m = 14030.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.95 mb = 4001.65 m = 13128.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.31 mb = 616.36 m = 2022.14 ft T: 23.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 27.17 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1264.50 m = 4148.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -9.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -10.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 30.52 C K Index: 38.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 669.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3200.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.42 mb = 1020.65 m = 3348.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.42 mb = 1767.19 m = 5797.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.42 mb = 12961.44 m = 42523.89 ft B at Equ Level: 3150.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 336.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.44 Bulk Rich Number: 19.46 Bulk Shear: 164.46 m/s