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: 46.70,-93.65 Latitude: 46.70 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 973 382 24.8 23.0 89 1.8 23.5 149 9 300.3 303.7 297.6 354.4 18.44 2 950 590 23.8 21.9 89 1.8 22.5 158 18 301.3 304.5 297.4 353.5 17.70 3 900 1062 21.0 20.6 98 0.4 20.8 187 28 303.2 306.4 297.5 354.4 17.25 4 850 1557 18.9 18.7 99 0.1 18.8 218 25 305.9 309.0 297.6 354.6 16.22 5 800 2076 15.0 14.3 95 0.8 14.5 249 22 307.2 309.6 295.7 346.0 12.89 6 750 2619 11.4 6.2 70 5.2 8.3 256 26 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.3 7.96 7 700 3193 8.5 -3.4 43 12.0 2.5 266 27 311.9 312.7 290.3 325.3 4.23 8 650 3800 3.5 -1.4 70 4.9 1.0 265 29 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.7 5.33 9 600 4445 -1.2 -2.9 88 1.7 -2.0 260 34 314.8 315.7 292.0 331.1 5.15 10 550 5133 -6.5 -8.4 86 1.9 -7.3 261 37 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.3 3.69 11 500 5870 -11.8 -17.6 62 5.8 -13.7 262 39 318.7 319.0 290.3 325.1 1.92 12 450 6669 -16.8 -26.0 45 9.2 -19.0 260 37 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.7 1.02 13 400 7543 -22.1 -40.5 17 18.4 -24.7 264 37 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.28 14 350 8510 -29.3 -51.2 10 21.9 -31.2 264 36 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.10 15 300 9591 -37.8 -55.7 14 17.9 -38.8 271 39 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.07 16 250 10823 -46.8 -61.2 18 14.5 -47.2 270 36 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12269 -55.0 -65.3 27 10.3 -55.2 256 36 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14101 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 264 24 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 243 10 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.64 m Freezing level: 612.53 mb = 4283.15 m = 14052.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4009.46 m = 13154.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.31 mb = 614.44 m = 2015.87 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 29.31 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1129.76 m = 3706.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -10.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.15 C Showalter Index: -10.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.69 C Cross Totals Index: 30.55 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 671.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3525.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.12 mb = 983.40 m = 3226.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.12 mb = 1626.29 m = 5335.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.12 mb = 12830.79 m = 42095.26 ft B at Equ Level: 3512.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 310.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 310.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.47 Bulk Rich Number: 23.08 Bulk Shear: 152.76 m/s