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: 46.79,-92.72 Latitude: 46.79 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 972 402 22.2 21.6 96 0.6 21.8 149 9 297.8 300.9 296.0 347.0 16.98 2 950 604 21.0 20.8 99 0.2 20.9 162 20 298.5 301.5 295.8 346.5 16.49 3 900 1072 19.5 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 192 30 301.6 304.2 295.1 343.5 14.21 4 850 1563 17.1 15.0 87 2.1 15.7 232 23 304.1 306.5 294.8 342.0 12.75 5 800 2079 14.2 12.1 87 2.1 12.8 255 21 306.3 308.3 294.3 339.7 11.13 6 750 2622 10.8 8.8 87 2.0 9.6 258 25 308.3 310.1 293.6 337.3 9.53 7 700 3194 7.5 2.3 70 5.1 4.6 272 24 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.8 6.49 8 650 3800 3.1 -0.7 76 3.7 1.1 273 29 312.4 313.5 291.7 330.0 5.62 9 600 4444 -1.7 -5.0 78 3.3 -3.2 269 31 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.2 4.41 10 550 5131 -6.3 -9.5 78 3.2 -7.7 266 41 316.6 317.2 291.0 327.6 3.38 11 500 5868 -11.5 -18.2 58 6.6 -13.6 264 43 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.2 1.83 12 450 6667 -17.2 -25.2 50 8.1 -19.1 251 42 321.6 321.9 290.4 325.4 1.09 13 400 7540 -22.1 -36.7 25 14.7 -24.4 247 42 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.41 14 350 8508 -29.2 -42.0 28 12.7 -30.7 243 43 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.27 15 300 9590 -37.4 -46.7 37 9.3 -38.2 234 41 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10825 -46.5 -52.0 54 5.5 -46.7 219 38 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.13 17 200 12266 -56.6 -62.5 47 5.9 -56.8 231 41 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14104 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 264 18 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16682 -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: 5711.92 m Freezing level: 617.48 mb = 4218.77 m = 13840.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.93 mb = 3963.60 m = 13003.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.01 mb = 476.13 m = 1562.08 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 21.89 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1356.60 m = 4450.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 26.55 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 486.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1929.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.05 mb = 1014.20 m = 3327.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.05 mb = 2068.21 m = 6785.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.05 mb = 12558.34 m = 41201.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1887.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.05 mb = 14963.01 m = 49090.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 326.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.80 Bulk Rich Number: 11.64 Bulk Shear: 165.82 m/s