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: 46.72,-92.65 Latitude: 46.72 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 974 390 22.1 21.6 97 0.5 21.8 143 9 297.5 300.6 295.8 346.5 16.92 2 950 605 21.1 20.8 98 0.3 20.9 161 21 298.6 301.6 295.9 346.6 16.49 3 900 1073 19.5 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 189 29 301.6 304.2 295.1 343.5 14.22 4 850 1564 17.0 14.6 86 2.4 15.4 231 22 303.9 306.2 294.5 340.9 12.41 5 800 2080 14.2 11.5 83 2.8 12.4 255 21 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.5 10.70 6 750 2623 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.2 258 25 308.4 310.1 293.3 336.1 9.11 7 700 3195 7.5 2.9 73 4.5 4.9 275 23 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.7 6.77 8 650 3802 3.1 -0.9 75 4.0 1.1 275 28 312.5 313.6 291.7 329.9 5.53 9 600 4445 -1.5 -5.3 76 3.7 -3.3 271 31 314.3 315.2 291.2 328.1 4.31 10 550 5133 -6.2 -10.0 75 3.7 -7.8 265 41 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.3 3.25 11 500 5870 -11.7 -18.4 57 6.8 -13.8 263 45 318.8 319.2 290.2 324.8 1.79 12 450 6668 -17.1 -25.2 49 8.1 -19.1 249 42 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.6 1.10 13 400 7542 -22.1 -34.5 32 12.4 -24.2 245 41 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.51 14 350 8510 -29.2 -39.9 35 10.7 -30.5 241 42 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.34 15 300 9593 -37.3 -45.3 43 8.0 -38.0 232 39 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.22 16 250 10828 -46.5 -51.2 59 4.7 -46.8 217 35 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.14 17 200 12268 -56.9 -62.4 50 5.5 -57.0 229 40 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14105 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 263 18 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 19 100 16683 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 242 10 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.50 m Freezing level: 616.50 mb = 4232.78 m = 13886.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.69 mb = 3955.34 m = 12976.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.41 mb = 446.30 m = 1464.21 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1326.80 m = 4352.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 26.28 C K Index: 38.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1923.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.22 mb = 1004.06 m = 3294.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.22 mb = 2162.36 m = 7094.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.22 mb = 12521.30 m = 41079.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1891.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.22 mb = 14907.49 m = 48908.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 328.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.84 Bulk Rich Number: 11.16 Bulk Shear: 172.39 m/s